1709 Highmark, Inc., d/b/a Highmark Blue Shield; direct pay guaranteed issue PPO High Deductible Health Plans (central region); filing no. 1A-HDHP/CDP/GI-10-HBS; rate filing
Highmark, Inc., d/b/a Highmark Blue Shield; Direct Pay Guaranteed Issue PPO High Deductible Health Plans (Central Region); Filing No. 1A-HDHP/CDP/GI-10-HBS; Rate Filing [40 Pa.B. 5271]
[Saturday, September 11, 2010]On August 30, 2010, the Insurance Department (Department) received from Highmark Blue Shield a filing for a rate increase and benefit changes for its Direct Pay Guaranteed Issue PPO High Deductible Health Plans (Central Region).
The company requests a 14.2% increase or $78.31 per contract per month on average. This will affect about 1,200 contract holders and will produce additional income of about $1,152,000 annually. The requested effective date of the change is January 1, 2011.
Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to November 17, 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. Under the tab ''How to Find . . .'' click on the link ''Current Rate Filings.''
A copy of the filing is 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 or e-mail comments, suggestions or objections to J. Sabater, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, jsabater@state.pa.us within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
ROBERT L. PRATTER,
Acting Insurance Commissioner[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-1709. Filed for public inspection September 10, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]
