1542 Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; direct pay ClassicBlue major medical plan (western region); rate filing?

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; Direct Pay ClassicBlue Major Medical Plan (Western Region); Rate Filing

[40 Pa.B. 4819]
[Saturday, August 21, 2010]

 By filing No. 1A-PMM-10-HBCBS, Highmark, Inc., d/b/a Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, requests approval to increase the premium rates for the Direct Pay ClassicBlue Major Medical Plan (Western Region). The filing requests an average increase of about 14.2% or $22.99 per contract per month. This will affect about 620 contract holders and produce additional premium income of about $168,000 annually. For HIPAA and HCTC eligibility, the filing requests an average increase of about 5.9% or $9.80 per contract per month. This will affect an estimated 350 contract holders and produce additional premium income of about $39,600 annually. The requested effective date of the change is January 1, 2011.

 Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to November 3, 2010, the subject filing may be deemed approved by operation of law.

 A copy of the filing is available on the Insurance Department's (Department) web site at www.insurance.pa.gov. Under the tab ''How to Find . . .'' click on the link ''Current Rate Filings.''

 Copies of the filing are also available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal working hours at the Department's Regional office in Harrisburg.

 Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Cherri Sanders-Jones, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation, Room 1311, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, [e-mail] within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

JOEL SCOTT ARIO, 
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-1542. Filed for public inspection August 20, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]