1650 Highmark Inc. d/b/a Pennsylvania Blue Shield and d/b/a Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; increases in UCR and PremierBlue Shield allowances; filing no. 200220

Highmark Inc. d/b/a Pennsylvania Blue Shield and d/b/a Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; Increases in UCR and PremierBlue Shield Allowances; Filing No. 200220

[32 Pa.B. 4666]

   Highmark Inc. d/b/a Pennsylvania Blue Shield and d/b/a Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield submitted a request to increase the customary (Level II) UCR allowance and the PremierBlue Shield preferred provider program fee schedule for certain evaluation and management, consultations, anesthesia, inpatient hospital visits, intensive care, preventative visits and select diagnostic and surgical services. Highmark Inc. requests the approval without a corresponding increase in rates for the programs affected by these codes.

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

   Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Bharat Patel, Actuary, Insurance Department, Accident and Health Bureau, Office of Rate and Policy Regulation, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, within 15 days of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

M. DIANE KOKEN,   
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 02-1650. Filed for public inspection September 20, 2002, 9:00 a.m.]