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  • Soundbites from the American Academy of Actuaries’ Health Practice Council
    Soundbites from the American Academy of Actuaries’ Health Practice Council Report ... work groups. Consumer-driven health plans=CDHP;Individual health plans;Medicare supplement;Risk-based capital=RBC; ...

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    • Authors: Heather E Jerbi, Melissa Lawler
    • Date: May 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Experience Studies & Data; Financial Reporting & Accounting; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Long-term Care; Public Policy
  • An Overview of Health Issues and Recent Developments for the Non-Health Actuary
    historical increases in inflation mea- sures (Table 1). The Medical care component of the CPI, (MCPI) ... no evidence here of any revolution going on. TABLE 1 HISTORICAL INCREASES IN INFLATION MEASURES Year ...

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    • Authors: Phyllis Doran, Roland E King, Charles Larimer, Joseph W Moran, John K Ninomiya
    • Date: Apr 1986
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Leadership>Change management; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Experience Studies & Data; Health & Disability>Health care; Long-term Care>Long-term care insurance; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Medicare
  • Cost and Benefit Trends Observed in Jan. 1, 2011 Renewals for State Employers
    those trends. The premium trends in the following table are based on the total premiums as reported by ... premium increase for 2011 of 5.2%. Premiums for individual carriers increased in a range from 2% to 11% ...

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    • Authors: Robert Gordon Cosway, Barbara Dewey
    • Date: Jan 2011
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance; Professional Values>Public interest representation
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Experience Studies & Data; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
  • Bariatric Surgery Holds Promise for Patients and for Payors
    vague symptoms rather than underlying causes. Table 1 illustrates the percent- age of morbidly obese ... and Ill-Defined Conditions diagnostic group. Table 1 suggests that claims for ill-defined condi- tions ...

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    • Authors: John Dawson, Pierre-Yves Cremieux, Arindam Ghosh
    • Date: Jan 2011
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Experience Studies & Data; Health & Disability>Health risks; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining
  • To Err is Human, To Estimate is Actuarial
    To Err is Human, To Estimate is Actuarial Realizing the impact of medical errors on the U.S. health ... of the frequency and cost estimate for each individual type of error. The report can be found in the ...

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    • Authors: Steven Siegel
    • Date: Sep 2010
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Economics>Health economics; Experience Studies & Data; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining