Description: In this Column, the editor of The Independent Consultant discussed section activities and goals and solicited ideas for how the members' needs could be better met.

Description: Results of a survey of healthcare organizations regarding use and plans for Predictive Analytics

Description: Successful actuarial entrepreneurs at this session of the 2004 SOA Annual Meeting present the issues they face and their secrets to success.

Description: This paper describes seven methods used in care management in the order of their historical development: 1. Pre-Authorization 2. Concurrent Review 3. Case Management 4. Demand Management 5. Disease Management 6. Specialty Case Management 7. Population Health Management Paper 1 of a 8 paper series

Description: 2005 SOA New Orleans Spring Meeting. In this teaching session, panelists discuss the importance, performance, reading and understanding of research that is critical to the future of the health actuarial profession. A case study of a particular research paper is used to facilitate understanding.

Description: A summary of a survey the Society of Actuaries recently conducted of health payer and provider executives to glean insights into predictive analytics trends.

Description: This article provides a summary of “Insurance Coverage for ALL: And How Insurers Can Afford to Provide It”, a session at a recent SOA meeting.

Description: Full version of Smaller Consulting Firm Section, June 2005, Issue No. 8.

Description: Ian Duncan argues that there is no crisis in American health care.

Description: Editor’s Column by Ian Duncan from Smaller Consulting Firm Section, January 2003, Issue No. 1.