Description: The implications of the new long-term care law for individuals, employers, insurers and providers, and the federal government.

Description: The implications of the new long-term care law for individuals, employers, insurers and providers, and the federal government.

Description: This research report, sponsored by the Society of Actuaries' Health Section, measures the annual frequency of medical errors in the United States and the total measurable cost to the United States economy of these errors.

Description: Panelists discuss what is driving the increase in prescription drug costs, what strategies are being used to try to control them, and what may be in store for the future. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3, Session 26

Description: Research report measuring the annual frequency of medical errors in the United States and the total measurable cost to the United States economy of these errors.

Description: Full version of Health Section News, Issue No. 49, March 2005.

Description: The Health Section Research Team is pleased to make available the following research study and Excel model that provide a framework for estimating the financial impact of health plan provider network risk. The Excel workbook allows the user to assess cost implications of aspects of network risk under various assumptions.

Description: This article talks about the challenges facing the FDA, especially those arising from the globalization of the pharmaceutical supply chain.

Description: This article looks at pharmacy benefit management and the use of data, reviews standard pharmacoeconomic analysis methods, and discusses points for formulary decision making and what is known about the process. From Health Section News, March 2005, Issue No. 49.

Description: Article presents arguements for actuarial involvement to facilitate use of pharmaceutical research within managed care organizations MCO. Issue No. 44.