SOA 2008 Health Spring Meeting

Below you will find presentations from various sessions at the SOA 2008 Health Spring Meeting, held May 28–30 in Los Angeles, CA. Please note that some have multiple presentations from different authors/presenters and that some are not available.

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• Session 1 Reception–Speed Networking for "Young" Actuaries
• Meg Weber, MBA, MED; Margaret Resce Milkint; Mary Kilkenny
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• Session 2 Entrepreneurial Actuaries Section Hot Breakfast: An Update of Activities for EAS (Handout Not Available)
• Kevin Dolsky, FSA, MAAA; David V. Axene, FSA, MAAA, FCA
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• Session 3 Opening General Session (Handout Not Available)
• Bruce D. Schobel, FSA, MAAA, FCA; David Ewing Duncan
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• Session 4 Research Results: Potential Impact of a Pandemic on the U.S. Health Insurance System
• Vera F. Dolan, MSPH, FALU*; Jim Toole, FSA, MAAA; James P. Turner, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 5 Integrating Medical and Behavioral Health Care
• Stephen P. Melek, FSA, MAAA; Roger Kathol, M.D.*
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• Session 6 Actuaries Working with the Underwriter
• Beth K. Grice, FSA, MAAA; Tony Nista*; Jim Minnich*; Jennifer L. Gillespie, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 7 Provider Contracting Current Topics
• Donna L. Kalin, FSA, MAAA; Peter Robinson*; Abdul Kassir*; Norman Davidson*
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• Session 8 Recent Trends and Current Policy Issues in Health and Disability Insurance
• Jena A. Breece, FSA, MAAA; Stacey Lampkin, FSA, MAAA; Eli Nicholas Donkar, ASA, MAAA
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• Session 9 A Mentor's Guide for New Entrepreneurs: How to Hit the Ground Running
• David V. Axene, FSA, MAAA, FCA; Lina S. Cheung, FSA, MAAA, FCA; William C. Cutlip, FSA, MAAA, FCA
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• Session 10 The Future of LTC–Part 1 of 2: Actuarial Issues (Handout Not Available)
• Karl G. Volkmar, FSA, MAAA, FCA; Timothy Edwin Hale, ASA, MAAA; Darrell Spell, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 12 General Luncheon–Health Reform: Why Now, What Choices, and Some Implications
• Len M. Nichols, Ph.D.
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• Session 13 Actuaries and Public Health: From Analysis to Action
• Grady C. Catterall, FSA, MAAA; Vera F. Dolan, MSPH, FALU*; Dana Goldman, Ph.D.*
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• Session 14 Health Policy Question and Answer: Where are We Headed and What Will It Mean to Me? (Handout Not Available)
• Lisa F. Tourville, ASA, MAAA; Len M. Nichols, Ph.D.*
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• Session 15 Working with Sales, Brokers and Customers
• John K. Ahrens, FSA, MAAA; Richard Keith Viesta, FSA, MAAA; David R. Nelson, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 16 Current Topics in Employer Medical Stop–Loss
• Michael R. McLean, FSA, MAAA; David C. Fry, FSA, MAAA; Raymond J. Marra, FSA, MAAA; Jeffrey T. Gavlick, FSA, MAAA, FCA
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• Session 17 The Actuary's High–Performance Computing Challenge
• Van Beach, FSA, MAAA; David T. Dorfman*; Gordon Jackson*; John Powers*
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• Session 18 The Great Disability Debate (Handout Not Available)
• Daniel D. Skwire, FSA, MAAA; Peter A. Heinrichs, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 19 Qualification Standards for Actuaries Issuing Statements of Actuarial Opinion in the United States, effective Jan. 1, 2008
• Karen Nowiejski, FSA, MAAA, EA, MSPA
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• Session 21 State Health Care Reform Initiatives
• Kevin J. Borchert, FSA, MAAA; Patrick Holland*; Thomas P. Carlson, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 22 Health VEBAs (Handout Not Available)
• Suzanne Taranto, EA, MAAA*; Adam J. Reese, FSA, FIA, EA, MAAA, FCA; Michael W. Ringuette, FSA, MAAA, EA, FCA
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• Session 23 Valuation, Reserving, Deficiency Issues for the Health Actuary
• Russell D. Willard, ASA, MAAA; Rowen B. Bell, FSA, MAAA; Martin E. Staehlin, FSA, MAAA, FCA
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• Session 24 Updates and New Developments in Health Reinsurance
• Alex Zeid, ASA, MAAA; Samantha E. Engel, ASA, MAAA; Tae Kim*; Elizabeth D. Mariner*
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• Session 25 Evaluating Inforce Blocks of Disability Business
• Thomas R. Corcoran, FSA, MAAA; Jonathan P. Polon, FSA
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• Session 26 Update–Recent Tax Guidance for Health Insurers and Products
• Shari A. Westerfield, FSA, MAAA; Randall J. Wichinski CPA, MBA*; Rodney D Davis ACAS, MAAA*; Gerald Bell*
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• General Reception
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• Session 29 Stochastic and Artificial Intelligence Models in Health Insurance Continental Breakfast
• Charles S. Fuhrer, FSA, MAAA; Ognian Asparouhov, Ph.D.*; Mark Martin Zanecki, ASA, MAAA
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• Session 30 The Latest in Technology Hot Breakfast (Handout Not Available)
• Van Beach, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 31 Disability Special Interest Group Hot Breakfast (Handout Not Available)
• Daniel D. Skwire, FSA, MAAA; Thomas R. Corcoran, FSA, MAAA; Robert W. Beal, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 32 Health Outcomes: The Impact of Cancer Control Interventions
• Marjorie A. Rosenberg, Ph.D., FSA, MAAA; Amy Knudsen, Ph.D.*; Pamela McMahon, Ph.D.*; Natasha Stout, Ph.D.*
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• Session 33 2008: A Health Care Odyssey
• Jennifer L. Gillespie, FSA, MAAA; Cori E. Uccello, FSA, MAAA, FCA
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• Session 34 Retiree Medical Update
• Jodie Lynn Kercheval, FSA, MAAA; Adam J. Reese, FSA, FIA, EA, MAAA, FCA
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• Session 35 So Many Choices, So Little Time: Optimal Use of IBNR Methods for Health Actuaries
• John M. Stenson, FSA, MAAA; Cabe W. Chadick, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 36 Updates and New Developments in Health Reinsurance Workshop (Handout Not Available)
• Timothy K. Robinson, FSA, MAAA; Alex Zeid, ASA, MAAA
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• Session 37 Health Trends–Historical and Future Drivers (Handout Not Available)
• Susan Elizabeth Pantely, FSA, MAAA; Peter K. Reilly, FSA, MAAA; Diane R. Seaman, FSA, MAAA; Alan Mills, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 38 Growth Potential in Disability Insurance: Ski Slope or Hockey Stick?
• Raymond J. Marra, FSA, MAAA; Mark H. Bale, FSA; Barry J. Petruzzi, FSA, MAAA; Steve Frankl*
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• Session 40 CDHP/HDHP Updates
• Joan C. Barrett, FSA, MAAA; Susan Elizabeth Pantely, FSA, MAAA; Kismet Toksu*
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• Session 42 Dental Insurance–What's New, What's Important
• Thomas A. McInteer, FSA, MAAA; Jonathan P. Polon, FSA; Floyd Ray Martin, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 43 How Health Care is Delivered–Outpatient Surgery
• William J. Fox, FSA, MAAA; Joel Ira Shalowitz, M.D., MBA, FACP*
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• Session 44 Reserving Issues for Disability Insurance (Handout Not Available)
• Robert W. Beal, FSA, MAAA; Charles M. Waldron, FSA, MAAA;
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• Session 45 Predictive Models: Paralyzing Puzzle or Process Panacea?
• Vincent Kane, FSA, MAAA; William Glasheen, Ph.D.*; Stephen J. Griffiths, Ph.D., MS*; Marjorie Rosenberg, Ph.D., FSA, MAAA
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• Session 46 Actuary as the Deal Maker
• David Wilson, FSA, FCIA, MAAA; John I. Mange, FSA, MAAA; Fred Miller*; Russel Hugh, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 47 General Luncheon
• Lawrence O. Gostin, J.D.*
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• Session 49 What's New in Disease Management Outcomes Evaluations?
• Greger J. Vigen, FSA, MAAA; Susan Jennings, Ph.D.*
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• Session 50 Prescription Drugs: What's the Status and How Can Actuaries Help?
• Lisa F. Tourville, ASA, MAAA; Troy Koch, PharmD, MBA*; Alan Baldwin*
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• Session 51 Workshop: Health Plan Value Propositions
• Jodie Lynn Kercheval, FSA, MAAA; Ron Kercheval, MBA*; David V. Axene, FSA, MAAA, FCA
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• Session 52 Buzz Group: Actuarial Systems Roundtable (Handout Not Available)
• Van Beach, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 53 Buzz Group: Hot Topics in Smaller Insurance Companies (Handout Not Available)
• Norman E. Hill, FSA, MAAA; Cabe W. Chadick, FSA, MAAA; Rex L. Critzer, FSA, MAAA; Sara Wiese Goldberg, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 54 GASB 43/45 Methods & Assumptions
• Mitchell I. Serota, FSA, EA, MAAA, FCA; Kevin S. Binder, FSA, MAAA, EA; Charles F. Larimer, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 55 Views of the Future for the General Labor Market and the Next Frontier for Actuaries
• Meg Weber, MBA, MED*; Mark Warshawsky, Ph.D.*; Susan R. Sames, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 56 The Future of LTC–Part 2 of 2
• Peggy L. Hauser, FSA, MAAA; Peter M. Goldstein*; Walter Jones, Jr.*; Geoffrey Walton*
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• Session 58 Global Health Challenges and National Security
• Jim Toole, FSA, MAAA; Lawrence O. Gostin, J.D.*
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• Session 59 The Viability of Medicare
• M. Kent Clemens, FSA; Cori E. Uccello, FSA, MAAA, FCA
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• Session 60 Worksite Products Market Watch
• John D. Kidder, FSA, MAAA; Alex M. Bagby, ASA, MAAA; Stephen F. Smith, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 61 Insurance Market Reforms under Federal Law
• Paul E. Stordahl, FSA, MAAA; Jack Rovner*; Karl Madrecki, ASA, MAAA
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• Session 62 Health Care Affordability and the Market Response
• Grady C. Catterall, FSA, MAAA; Genevieve Martin*; Caroline Ridgway*; Gregory L. Warren, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 63 A Comparison of North American Health Care Systems (Handout Not Available)
• Eduardo Lara di Lauro, CIS*; Doug Werner*; Gary Mooney, FSA, FCIA; Carl I. Hansen, FSA, MAAA, EA, FCA
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• Session 64 Skills Needed to Climb the Corporate Ladder
• Rioma Kam, FSA, MAAA; Bob Morand*; S. Michael McLaughlin, FSA, MAAA; Alice Rosenblatt, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 65 Help Shape the Future: A Town Hall Meeting on the SOA's Draft 2008 Strategic Plan
• Van Beach, FSA, MAAA; Kara Clark, FSA, MAAA; Jeffrey G. Allen, FSA, MAAA, FCA
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• Session 67 Health Section Council Hot Breakfast
• Joan C. Barrett, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 68 Management & Personal Development Section Continental Breakfast: Review of Recent Executive Books
• Scott D. Haglund, FSA, MAAA; Carlos A. Sanchez–Fuentes, FSA, MAAA, FCA
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• Session 69 Transparency Movement Update
• William J. Fox, FSA, MAAA; Marybeth Regan, Ph.D.*; Howard R. Underwood, FSA, MAAA, MD, MBA
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• Session 70 Disparities in Health Care
• Jim Toole, FSA, MAAA; Shannon Dunlay, MD*; Paul Johnson, Jr.*; Nilay Shah, Ph.D.*
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• Session 71 Trend Management Issues–Keeping Trends under Control
• Greta Redmond, FSA, MAAA; Kevin Kenny, FSA
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• Session 72 Small Group Medical Market Watch
• Nabila Audi, ASA, MAAA; William R. Lane, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 73 Group Life Pricing Workshop
• Susan R. Sames, FSA, MAAA; Scott D. Haglund, FSA, MAAA; Robert B. Hardin, FSA, MAAA, FCA
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• Session 74 Small Group Medical Market Watch
• Diane Amarante, FSA, MAAA; Myrene Constance D. Santos, FSA, MAAA; John Dante, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 75 Selling Skills for Actuaries: Overcome Fear of Making Sales Calls
• David C. Miller*
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• Session 76 Medicare Supplement Legislative Update
• Michael E. Weilant, FSA, MAAA; Tazmeen A. Samji, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 77 Actuarial Role in Quality Improvement
• Sam Nussbaum, M.D.*; John P. Cookson, FSA, MAAA; John M. Stenson, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 78 Individual Medical Market Watch
• Bernard Rabinowitz, FSA, FIA, FCIA, MAAA; James E. Oatman, FSA, FCIA, MAAA
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• Session 79 Individual Medical Market Watch (Handout Not Available)
• Thomas Meyer Ahmann, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 80 How Has the Landscape for Health Care Reform Changed for this Political Cycle?
• Jim Toole, FSA, MAAA; David M. Dillon, FSA, MAAA; David V. Axene, FSA, MAAA, FCA; Jennifer Gillespie, FSA, MAA
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• Session 81 And now...Heeeeeere's Johnny! (Handout Not Available)
• Jeffrey M. Stock, FSA, MAAA; Bob Morand*
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• Session 82 Individual Medical Market Watch
• James T. O'Connor, FSA, MAAA
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