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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 09-865

NOTICES

Highmark Blue Shield (Central Region); Medically Underwritten Direct Pay PPO Plan; Rate Filing

[39 Pa.B. 2422]
[Saturday, May 9, 2009]

   By filing No. 1A-BSMUPPO-09-HBS, Highmark, Inc., d/b/a Highmark Blue Shield, requests approval to adjust rates for its Medically Underwritten Direct Pay PPO Plan in the Central Pennsylvania Region. The filing requests an average rate change of 16.9% or $50.02 per contract per month. This filing will affect approximately 10,000 contractholders and will produce additional income of about $6 million annually. The requested effective date of the change is October 1, 2009.

   Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to July 23, 2009, 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.ins.state.pa.us. To access the filing, under ''Quick Links'' click on ''Rate Filings Published in the PA Bulletin.''

   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 Rashmi Mathur, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, rmathur@state.pa.us within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

JOEL SCOTT ARIO,   
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 09-865. Filed for public inspection May 8, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]


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