Description: This article summarizes the work of the SFAS No. 106 implementation task force which was formed to consider the needs of practicing actuaries, inform the appropriate standing committees of these needs, and prompt these committees toward quick resolution of any outstanding issues.

Description: Panelists discuss the various managed-care alternatives as well as ways to evaluate their effectiveness. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4A.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting present current developments in both Medicare risk programs and Medicare supplement products.

Description: This session discussion is about the characteristics common in HMOs concentrating on the small employer market, Preferred Provider Organizations marketed to small employers, items requiring special attention when marketing Alternate Delivery Systems to small employers, alternate delivery options in an integrated multiple options package. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 12, No. 1.

Description: Panel discussion about ways can insurance carriers and health care coalitions work together, what data are coalitions requesting from health carriers, how health carriers respond to those requests, and implications for health carriers.

Description: Presenters at this session of the SOA 1998 Maui II Spring Meeting use case studies to offer a client relationship framework that can be used to assess and improve knowledge of clients, business, and people's needs, interpersonal relationships, and the delivery of high-quality professional services.