Description: Our panelists discuss mechanisms to measure affordability, reducing costs through product design and other responses by plans, employers & providers. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3, Session 82

Description: This 1991 panel discussion is about mid-size and large group medical issues, including: 1. Managing the underwriting cycle, 2. Effectively managing the risk, 3. Controlling medical costs, 4. Financial arrangements offered to control or shift risk [i.e., Administrative Services Only [ASO] and minimum premium contracts], and 5. The effect of the Resource-Based Relative Value Schedule [RBRVS] on provider fees and plan costs. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 4A.

Description: The panel examines the forces underlying health plans and health carriers profit performance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 39

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: 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: This paper describes a process for developing rates for a preferred provider organization [PPO]. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1985, Vol. 37.