1614 Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania; rate increase filing for BlueCare Senior Major Medical

Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania; Rate Increase Filing for BlueCare Senior Major Medical

[40 Pa.B. 5033]
[Saturday, August 28, 2010]

 By filing No. 1572-PRAG-5-MM-RATE, Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania and Highmark Blue Shield submitted a filing requesting the Insurance Department's (Department) approval to increase the current monthly rates for the BlueCare Senior Major Medical plan by 19.5% effective January 1, 2011. This increase will impact approximately 2,600 monthly projected members and yield approximately $18,000 in additional revenue annually from the Department approved 2010 base rate to the proposed 2011 base rate contained in this filing. Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania also proposes to add 53 new benefit plans and withdraw 32 existing benefit plans.

 Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to November 11, 2010, the subject filing may be deemed approved by operation of law.

 A copy of the filing is available on the Department's web site at www.insurance.pa.gov. To access the filing, under ''How to Find . . .'' click on ''View Current Rate Filings.''

 Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to James Laverty, Actuary, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation, 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. 10-1614. Filed for public inspection August 27, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]