New Hampshire-Vermont Hospitalization Service v. Commissioner, Department of Banking & Insurance

This is an appeal by New Hampshire-Vermont Hospitalization Service (Blue Cross) from Findings and Orders of the Vermont Commissioner of Banking and Insurance issued March 22, 1974. In his order, the Commissioner granted Blue Cross an overall increase in its basic rates, effective May 1, 1974, the amount of which is not here challenged. This appeal puts in issue the Commissioner’s authority to make supplemental orders as to “cost containment responsibilities” and “supplemental areas”, and to condition continuance of the granted increase beyond a one-year period upon “implementation and ongoing…