Insurance Department of the Commonwealth v. Saint Lukes Hospital

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

These are appeals from the Insurance Department’s refusal to approve a reimbursement contract between the Hospital Service Plan of Lehigh Valley (Blue Cross) and its contracting hospitals (appellants).1 The Act of November 25, 1970, P.L. 707, Title 40, §6124(a), added by the Act of November 15, 1972, P.L. 1063, §1, 40 Pa. C.S.A. §6124(a) (Supp. 1975-76), provides:

“(a) General rule. — The rates charged to subscribers by hospital plan corporations, all rates of payments to hospitals made by such corporations *12pursuant to the contracts provided for in this chapter, all…