Description: At this presentation from Session 46PD of the SOA 1996 Colorado Springs Meeting, the panelists discuss sources of profit/potential risks for a company entering into Medicare or Medicaid risk contracts. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 2.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting give an update on legislative activity with respect to Medical Savings Accoutns [MSA], the MSA marketplace, and an overview of two mongraphs on the subject sponsored by the American Academy of Actuaries.

Description: Panel examines the actuarial, business, clinical, and ethical issues attached to physician-owned health plans in which the physicians are both providers and investors. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: Panelists discuss areas that actuaries must address as long-term-care insurance [LTCI] becomes a material portion of a company's business. These areas include IT problems, setting assumptions and reserves, surplus strain, and capital requirements. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2. Session 14OF of the San Francisco Spring Meeting.

Description: In this session on the topic of health insurance valuation issues, the topics covered included Sarbanes-Oxley considerations, internal replacement Standards of Practice, self-funded plans, and long-term-care insurance developments. From a session at the Health/Pension Spring Meeting held in New Orleans, Louisiana June 15-17, 2005.

Description: This panel at the SOA 1998 Maui II Spring Meeting discusses Medicare Supplement Insurance, the changes created by OBRA 1990, and how the market will be impacted by changes from the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.