1821 Geisinger Quality Options; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act factors filing for individual PPO; rate filing?

Geisinger Quality Options; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Factors Filing for Individual PPO; Rate Filing

[40 Pa.B. 5432]
[Saturday, September 18, 2010]

 On August 20, 2010, the Insurance Department (Department) received a filing from Geisinger Quality Options, Inc. requesting approval to adjust its Individual PPO rates to reflect the anticipated cost of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law on March 23, 2010.

 The requested effective date of the change is October 1, 2010, or upon contract renewal.

 Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to November 25, 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.''

 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, [e-mail] within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

ROBERT L. PRATTER, 
Acting Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-1821. Filed for public inspection September 17, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]