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Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and Highmark Blue Shield would like to invite all of their agents to join them for a webinar to review updates to  their medically underwritten products.

One key update that will be discussed on the webinar is the addition of rating-tiers to their underwriting guidelines.  Highmark will be going from a four-tier rating system to a seven-tier rating system effective August 1, 2012.

For more information on this webinar, please see our Training Calendar.

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and Highmark Blue Shield have announced that they have filed benefit and rate changes with the Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID).  These benefit and rate changes are proposed for October 1, 2012 for the following medically underwritten programs:

Blue Cross Blue Shield

• Direct Blue Preferred Provider Program
• PPO Blue High Deductible Health Plan
• Advance Blue Preferred Provider Program
• Simply Blue Preferred Provider Program
• Short Term Blue (benefit changes only)
• Keystone Blue HMO (rate change only)
• Complete care (rate change only)

Blue Shield

• Direct Blue Preferred Provider Program
• PPO Blue High Deductible Health Plan
• Advance Blue Preferred Provider Program
• Simply Blue Preferred Provider Program
• Short Term Blue (benefit changes only)

Specific details pertaining to the benefit and rate changes will be provided as soon as Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and Highmark Blue Shield receive approval from the PID.

Should you have any questions, please contact Mary Ann Cannon, Patti DeSimone, or Christine Kaercher at 800-562-7733.