Description: This session discussion is about a review of experience under PPOs, measuring the success of PPOs, PPOs affect on employer health care expenditures, employee utilization of PPOs, the future of PPOs. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 11, No. 4A.

Description: Panelists discuss consumer-directed health plans [CDHPs], describing: [1] plan design, how they work, and pricing considerations, [2] various reserving issues, and [3] the current and future marketplace for the products. Session 43PD of the 2005 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: Full version of Health Section News, September 2001, Issue No. 41.

Description: This presentation uses a combination of lecture, case studies and computer modeling to introduce various approaches to estimation of Incurred But Not Reported IBNR liability. .From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 1.

Description: This session at the SOA 2000 Las Vegas Spring Meeting provides instructions on methods used for calculating health insurance contract and deficiency reserves including a review of the NAIC Health Reserve Guidance Manual.

Description: Projecting start-up capital requirements for Health care co-ops and public plans

Description: Financial Reporting for Healthcare Plans objectives, defining market segments, preparing & recasting segment monitoring reports, quantification of liabilities, reconciliation of claim payments, medical management reports, expense control, company plans & projections & budgets, financial indicators & measurements. Issue No. 41.

Description: An overview of the Medicare Supplement landscape and the critical factors for successfully pricing and managing this product line amidst the challenges that exist.

Description: Letter from reader about the article Responsible Health Care Reform Part 2: Access to Care with a response from one of the article’s authors. From The Actuary, August/Sept 2010 Vol 7 Issue 4