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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 10-1543

NOTICES

Highmark Blue Shield; Direct Pay ClassicBlue Medical Surgical Products—Independence Blue Cross Plan Area; Rate Filing

[40 Pa.B. 4819]
[Saturday, August 21, 2010]

 By filing No. 1A-DPMS(IBC)-10-HBS, Highmark, Inc., d/b/a Highmark Blue Shield, requests approval to increase the premium rates for its Direct Pay ClassicBlue Medical Surgical products in the Independence Blue Cross plan area. The filing requests an average increase of about 14.2% or $20.91 per contract per month. This will affect about 2,000 contract holders and produce additional premium income of about $492,000 annually. The requested effective date of the change is January 1, 2011.

 Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to November 3, 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 ''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.

JOEL SCOTT ARIO, 
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-1543. Filed for public inspection August 20, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]


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