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  • Consumers to the Rescue? A Primer on HDHPs and HSAs
    Consumers to the Rescue? A Primer on HDHPs and HSAs This article examines the history, theory, and effectiveness ... effectiveness of high-deductible health plans and health savings accounts. Consumer driven health plans=CDHP ...

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    • Authors: Fritz Busch, Barbara Collier, Jason Karcher , Steven Phillips
    • Date: Mar 2019
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance
  • Future of the Employer Role in Provision of Health Insurance
    Future of the Employer Role in Provision of Health Insurance Article about the future roles in health ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Mar 2003
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Long-term Care>Long-term care insurance; Pensions & Retirement>Retiree medical; Public Policy
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - One Year Later
    Later Panelists discuss the ongoing influence and long-term implications of the Health Insurance Portability ... Accountability Act on the health insurance market in the U.S. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol ...

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    • Authors: Cecil Bykerk, Donna C Novak, Julie Walton
    • Date: Oct 1998
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Public Policy
  • Evaluating Managed Care Effectiveness: A Societal Perspective
    provides an overview of the functional components of the managed care system. It discusses the market forces ... forces underlying the United States’ system for health care financing and delivery and suggests how market ...

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    • Authors: Application Administrator, James Murphy, Jill S Schield
    • Date: Oct 2000
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Government-funded healthcare
  • Human Nature and the US Health Care System, Part I
    and the US Health Care System, Part I The third in a series of four articles that illustrate the “soft” ... “soft” approach of game theory using Thucydides’ master work, The History of the Peloponnesian War. By ...
    • Authors: Carlos Eduardo Fuentes
    • Date: Feb 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance
  • Medicare Managed Care Organizations: Getting a Bigger Bang for the Buck
    Organizations: Getting a Bigger Bang for the Buck Panel discusses the effects of reduced payment levels to many ... Medicare managed care organizations. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2. Chronic ...

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    • Authors: Oscar Lucas, Peggy Tyndall
    • Date: Jun 1998
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Social Insurance>Medicare
  • Use of Treatment Protocols to Manage Hospital Utilization at the Insurance Payer Level
    Use of Treatment Protocols to Manage Hospital Utilization at the Insurance Payer Level Presenters discuss ... discuss the differences between patient treatment protocols and length-of-stay guidelines, and some of the ...

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    • Authors: Donna Kalin, Deborah Loveland, William E Mabe
    • Date: Jun 1998
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Chronic health management - Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance
  • An Overview of Health Issues and Recent Developments for the Non-Health Actuary
    An Overview of Health Issues and Recent Developments for the Non-Health Actuary This session discussed ... long-term effects, the emerging responsibility for providing long-term care, rise of managed health care ...

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    • Authors: Phyllis Doran, Roland E King, Charles Larimer, Joseph W Moran, John K Ninomiya
    • Date: Apr 1986
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Leadership>Change management; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Experience Studies & Data; Health & Disability>Health care; Long-term Care>Long-term care insurance; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Medicare
  • Profiling Physician Performance
    Panelists discuss the methods HMOs employ to measure their providers' quality of care, outcomes, compliance ... guidelines, and cost control. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2. Health care ...

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    • Authors: Joel C Hoffman, David Josephson, David Terry, John C Vataha, Kelly Myers
    • Date: Jun 1999
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Regression analysis; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation
  • Providing Prescription Drug Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries
    Providing Prescription Drug Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries A summary of Medicare ... Medicare Beneficiaries A summary of Medicare reform and its effect on prescription drug coverage. Government-funded ...

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    • Authors: American Academy of Actuaries
    • Date: Jul 2000
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Medicare