1345 Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; rate increase for direct pay special care hospital plan; filing no. 1-SSC-00-HBCBS

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; Rate Increase for Direct Pay Special Care Hospital Plan; Filing No. 1-SSC-00-HBCBS

[30 Pa.B. 4188]

   Highmark Inc., d/b/a Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, requests approval to increase its premium rates for its Direct Pay Special Care Hospital Plan. The filing requests an increase of 19.6% of current premium, or $7.60 per contract per month. This will affect 20,900 contractholders and produce additional premium income of $1.9 million. The requested effective date of the change is January 1, 2001.

   Copies of the filing are available for public inspection during normal working hours, by appointment, at the Insurance Department's offices in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Erie.

   Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Carol Slack, Actuarial Supervisor, Insurance Department, Accident and Health Bureau, Office of Rate and Policy Regulation, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

M. DIANE KOKEN,   
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-1345. Filed for public inspection August 4, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]