First Priority Health; BlueCare HMO Individual Conversion; Rate Filing [40 Pa.B. 5546]
[Saturday, September 25, 2010]On August 18, 2010, First Priority Health HMO submitted a rate filing (No. 1575-HMO/ICC-w/RX-09-1/1/11) to increase the premium rates for the Conversion Product. The proposed rate increase for the conversion product with prescription drugs is 23.7% and 21.1% for the conversion product without prescription drugs. This will affect approximately 888 members and produce additional premium income of about $1.1 million annually. The requested effective date of the change is January 1, 2011.
Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to December 9, 2010, the subject filing may be deemed approved by operation of law.
A copy of the filing is available on the Insurance Department's (Department) web site at www.insurance. pa.gov. Under the tab ''How to Find . . .'' click on the link ''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 Cherri Sanders-Jones, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, csandersjo@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. 10-1855. Filed for public inspection September 24, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]
