Description: This paper addresses specific details of measurement principles and practice that the actuary should consider when planning to conduct or review a study of care management interventions. Three major topics are covered: Measurement Principles, Study Design Issues, and Risk Factors. Paper 2 of an 8 paper series on 'An Introduction to Care Management Interventions and Their Implications for Actuaries'

Description: This article provides the reader with highlights from the International Actuarial Association Health Section Colloquium held in Cape Town in 2007. From Expanding Horizons, September 2007, Issue No. 37.

Description: Highlights of health related articles from the North American Actuarial Journal. A paper on health care reform and efficiency is published in a recent issue of the NAAJ.

Description: Abstracts of two health articles from the NAAJ: 1. Multi-State Actuarial Models of Functional Disability and 2. Anatomy of a slow-motion death-spiral.

Description: A review of literature regarding care management program outcomes - either financial or utilization-related which are indicative of financial improvement or from which financial conclusions may be drawn. Includes a discussion on utilization & concurrent review, case & demand & population & disease management . Paper 3 of an 8 paper series on 'An Introduction to Care Management Interventions and Their Implications for Actuaries'.

Description: This is the inventory part of the report from the research project that reviewed and inventoried the range of quality and efficiency measures currently available for healthcare. The goal was to outline key areas of quality and efficiency measurement and identify future opportunities for actuaries. The inventory lists the resources and provides brief descriptions of their services with links.

Description: A dinner speech at the Actuarial Research Conference at Drake University, Des Moines IA summer 2023. A ramble through 50 years of experience with actuarial research.