2007 Seattle Health Spring Meeting

Below you will find presentations from various sessions at the SOA Health Spring Meeting held on June 13-15, 2007 in Seattle, WA. Please note that some have multiple presentations from different authors/presenters and that some are not available.

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• Session #1 (Handout Not Available)
• Opening General Session
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• Session #3
• Individual Medical Market Watch
• Craig Magnuson, Bernard Rabinowitz
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• Session #4
• Provider Reimbursement Structures and Systems
• Scott Armstrong, Damian Birnstihl, Adam Ceteznik, Todd Lueders
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• Session #5
• Valuation and Reserving Techniques
• Theresa Bourdon, Eric Smithback, Russell Willard
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• Session #6
• Actuarial Support for Underwriting
• Jennifer Gillespie, Jim Minnich, Chris Stehno
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• Session #7
• Medical Expense Trend Historical Drivers - What Can We Learn From The Past?
• John Cookson, Greta Redmond, Lisa Tourville, Mark Zanecki
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• Session #8
• Emerging Career Opportunities for Actuaries
• Laura Bennett, Janet Deskins, Tim Essaye, James Johnson
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• Session #9
• Hot Topics of Interest to Smaller Insurance Companies
• Sara Goldberg, Norman Hill, Andrew Perkins
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• Session #10
• Effectively Explaining Results to Non-technical Audiences
• Michael Braunstein
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• Session #11 (Handout Not Available)
• Group Life Insurance Workshop
• David Fitzpatrick, Robert Hardin
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• Session #13 (Handout Not Available)
• General Luncheon
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• Session #15
• Small Group Medical Market Watch
• Daniel Bailey, Thomas Leibowitz, Mark Shaw, Thomas Wortman
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• Session #16
• Balancing Affordability & Provider Funding Needs
• Eric Boklage, Molly Loftus, Catherine Murphy-Barron
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• Session #17
• Communication of Financial Results
• Darrell Knapp, Kent Marquardt, Terence Martin, Cynthia Miller
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• Session #18
• Actuarial Support for Sales, Brokers, and Customers
• Jennifer Gillespie, Adam Hameed, Julia Lyng, Douglas McCann
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• Session #19 (Handout Not Available)
• Self Promotion for Introverts - Part 1: The Inner Game
• Nancy Ancowitz, Ian Duncan
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• Session #20 (Handout Not Available)
• The Worksite Disability Market
• Peter Heinrichs, Gabriel House, David Long
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• Session #21
• Medical Expense Trend: Outlier Identification and Mitigation - How Do We Bend Trend?
• Scott French, Tom Messer, Lisa Tourville
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• Session #22
• Principles Underlying Actuarial Science
• Stuart Klugman
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• Session #24
• Employer Stop Loss Market Watch
• William Lane, Richard Nelson, Daniel Wolak
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• Session #25
• Incentives for Desired Outcomes - Pay-for-Performance Programs
• Damian Birnstihl, Catherine Murphy-Barron, Sadhna Paralkar, Howard Underwood
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• Session #26
• IASB and FASB Developments: Impact on Health Carriers
• Rowen Bell
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• Session #27 (Handout Not Available)
• Self Promotion for Introverts - Part 2: Your Signature Presence
• Nancy Ancowitz, Meg Weber
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• Session #28
• Disability Insurance and Enterprise Risk Management
• Jeff Babino, Derek Blum, Brian Fischer, Sally Manafi
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• Session #29
• Medical Expense Trend: Future Drivers - What Can We Expect?
• Lisa Tourville, Nancy Walczak, Mark Zanecki
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• Session #30
• Health Benefits-Fully Insured or Self-Funded
• Karen Bender, Lynn Brunner, Chandler Lincoln
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• Session #31
• Update - Recent Tax Guidance for Health Insurers and Products
• Carl Friedrich, Craig Springfield
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• Session #33 (Handout Not Available)
• Actuary of the Future Section Continental Breakfast
• Janet Deskins
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• Session #34 (Handout Not Available)
• Education and Research Section Continental Breakfast
• Ian Duncan
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• Session #35 (Handout Not Available)
• Health Disability Special Interest Group Hot Breakfast
• Robert Beal, Daniel Skwire
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• Session #37
• Know Your Exposures - Scenario Planning To Manage Enterprise Risks
• Kara Clark, Mark Jamilkowski, Sudha Shenoy
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• Session #38
• Transforming the Market Through Consumerism and Transparency
• Jodie Hansen, Amita Rastogi
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• Session #39
• An Update on the Medicare Part D Implementation Process
• Christopher Carlson, David Driscoll, John Eggertsen, Beth Fritchen
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• Session #40
• Designing a New Product
• Nancy Hubler, John Lloyd
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• Session #41
• The Search for Entrepreneurial Actuaries - Part 1
• Sandra Coyne-Westerkamp, Ian Duncan
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• Session #42
• International Developments in Disability Insurance
• Douw De Jongh, Susan Elliott, Yoriko Enokido, Daniel Skwire
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• Session #43
• Introduction to Public Health
• Bobbie Berkowitz, Jim Toole
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• Session #44
• The Actuarial Standards Board and ASOPS
• Cecil Bykerk, Godfrey Perrott
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• Session #45
• Premium Deficiency Reserves
• Elaine Canlas, Martin Staehlin, Russell Willard
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• Session #47
• Catastrophic Event Management: Planning for Extremes
• Derek Blum, Theresa Resnick, Peter Robinson, Carl Taylor
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• Session #48 (Handout Not Available)
• Effective Decision-Support Tools for Consumers
• Jodie Hansen, Jeff Robertson
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• Session #49
• The Current and Future State of Retiree Medical Plans
• Ward Birgham, Barbara Niehus, John Schubert, Dale Yamamoto
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• Session #50 (Handout Not Available)
• Pricing a New Product
• Joan Barrett, Penny Hahn, John Lloyd
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• Session #51
• The Search for Entrepreneurial Actuaries - Part 2
• Sandra Coyne-Westerkamp, Ian Duncan
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• Session #52
• Rehabilitation of Long Term Care Blocks of Business
• James Berger, Jill Burns, Kamilla Svajgl, Geoffrey Walton
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• Session #53
• Individual Disability Insurance Market Watch
• Jay Barriss, Robert Beal, Forrest Richen
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• Session #54
• Making Sense of the Health Policy Process
• Karl Madrecki, John Meerschaert, Jim Toole
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• Session #56 (Handout Not Available)
• General Luncheon
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• Session #58 (Handout Not Available)
• Health ERM Buzz Group
• Rajeev Dutt
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• Session #59
• Provider Payments to Support Transparency
• Amita Rastogi, Lisa Tourville
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• Session #60
• Update on the Medicare Advantage Process and Plan Performance
• William Finch, Charles Miller, Susan Pierce
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• Session #61 (Handout Not Available)
• Matching a New Product to a Market
• Neawl Luitjens, Kismet Toksu
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• Session #62 (Handout Not Available)
• Self Promotion for Introverts - Part 3
• Nancy Ancowitz
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• Session #63
• LTC Combination Products
• Carl Friedrich, Lijia Guo, Wenjie Xue
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• Session #64
• U.S. Healthcare System A Status Update
• Raymond Berry, Elaine Canlas, Jim Toole
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• Session #65
• Structuring Data Systems for Maximum Performance
• Carl Desrochers, Kevin Pledge
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• Session #66
• Predictive Modeling Tools and Techniques
• Ian Duncan, Jonathan Polon, Mark Zanecki
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• Session #68
• Benefit Designs to Support Consumerism and Transparency
• Valerie Lendt, Kismet Toksu, Lisa Tourville
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• Session #69
• Medicare Supplement Industry Overview & Profitability
• John Cathcart, Kenneth Clark
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• Session #70 (Handout Not Available)
• Self Promotion for Introverts: Part 4 Your Networking Advantage
• Nancy Ancowitz, Richard Marchel
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• Session #71
• Mega-Trends and Mini-Pops: Effects on an Actuary's Future
• Kimberly Dwornick, Sudha Shenoy
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• Session #72
• Advanced Topics in Group Disability Experience Rating
• Jared Benedetti, Paul Lavallee, Jeffrey Schuh
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• Session #73
• IAAHS Survey on Actuarial Issues and Practices
• Jonathan Shreve
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• Session #74 (Handout Not Available)
• Models for Disease and Care Management
• Michael Cousins, John Stenson
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• Session #75
• Consulting to Self-Funded Employers on Data Analysis and Cost Drivers
• Jeffrey Gavlick, Jonathan Hendrickson, Scott Rabin
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• Session #76 (Handout Not Available)
• A Health Predictive Modeling Software Guide: Results of New SOA Study!
• Syed Mehmud, Steven Siegel, Ross Winkelman
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• Session #78 (Handout Not Available)
• Health Section Council Hot Breakfast
• William Lane
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• Session #80 (Handout Not Available)
• Global Developments in Critical Illness
• Barry Eagle, Susan Elliott, Gary Mooney
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• Session #81
• Designing Care Management Programs to Improve Outcomes
• Denise Christian, Holly Michaels Fisher
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• Session #82
• Helping Employers Understand the Value of Their Benefits
• Susan Haugen, Karin Swenson-Moore, Kismet Toksu
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• Session #83
• Managed Medicaid Update
• Michael Muldoon, Kathleen Tottle, Gregory Winkler
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• Session #84
• Demand Forecasting for Healthcare Delivery Systems
• Thomas Leibowitz, James Walbridge
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• Session #85
• Practical Applications of Stochastic Modeling for Disability Insurance
• Keith Gant, Richard Leavitt, Yidong Liu
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• Session #86
• Focus Your Time for Superior Results
• Ian Duncan, Doris Orr
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• Session #87
• Health Impact Assessments-A Quantitative Approach to Assessing Policy Tradeoffs
• Brian Cole, Gerald Kominski, Jim Toole
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• Session #88
• Reinsurance for Health Plans
• Samantha Engel, Jib Martens, Ruan Sexton, Todd Watson
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• Session #89
• CDHP Experience Update
• Jean-Francois Beaule, Penny Hahn, Mark Litow, James Murphy
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• Session #91 (Handout Not Available)
• Interaction of Public and Private Healthcare Financing An International Perspective
• Howard Bolnick, Joel Shalowitz, Jim Toole
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• Session #92 (Handout Not Available)
• Pharmacy Based Disease Management
• John Stenson
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• Session #93
• Worksite Wellness Programs
• Bradley Cornish, Edward McEllin
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• Session #94 (Handout Not Available)
• Impact of Advertising and Media on Healthcare Demand
• Joseph Gifford, Lynette Trygstad
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• Session #95
• Stochastic Modeling in Health Benefits
• Charles Fuhrer, Lijia Guo
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• Session #96
• Planning and Reporting the Community Benefit for Non-Profit Providers
• Jim Toole, Julie Trocchio
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• Session #97
• When a Brand Goes Generic
• Laura Barrows, Joel Shalowitz