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Soundbites from the American Academy of Actuaries’ Health Practice Council
from the American Academy of Actuaries’ Health Practice Council Updates on the efforts of the Academy’s ... policymakers on issues including principles for market reform, individual insurance, and risk factors.- Authors: Heather E Jerbi, Melissa Stevens
- Date: Feb 2010
- Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Public Policy; Public Policy
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Chairperson’s Corner 2009 Health Section Initiatives
Initiatives The Health Section chairperson discusses the past year's activity, especially the Visions ... Visions for the Future of the U.S. Health Care System essay contest, and an update on the Untapped Opportunities ...- Authors: Jennifer Gillespie
- Date: Sep 2009
- Competency: Communication>Written communication; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers; Public Policy; Public Policy
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Two Issues in the US Healthcare System
Two Issues in the US Healthcare System Essay discussing that the two factors that affect healthcare ... healthcare cost are costs and the fact that people lack coverage. Funding policy;Government-funded healthcare;Health ...- Authors: Brian Arthur Jones
- Date: Jun 2009
- Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Public financing - Health & Disability; Public Policy
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Provider Payment Reform: An Accountable Care Approach to Alignment of Health Care Goals and Incentives
Reform: An Accountable Care Approach to Alignment of Health Care Goals and Incentives A proposal to address ... accountable care organizations. Capitations would be risk-adjusted, non-capitated costs would be covered by ...- Authors: Mark Florian
- Date: Sep 2010
- Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Payment models; Public Policy; Reinsurance>Stop-loss insurance
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Accountable Care Organizations: An Untapped Opportunity
provider risk under various ACO models, limitations of the Medicare model for motivating change in the health ... strategic priorities, attribution of members, meaurement, and the roles actuaries can play. Accountable ...- Authors: Jim Toole, Sara Teppema
- Date: Sep 2010
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Enterprise Risk Management>Strategic risks; Health & Disability>Health care; Public Policy
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Managing Health Care
Managing Health Care Panel discussion of prospects for cost containment of, and alternatives to, fee-for-service ... fee-for-service health care, and management of health care under national health insurance. Discussion points ...- Authors: Philip Briggs, Gordon R Trapnell, John G Turner, Robert C. Ochsner, Merle H Glick
- Date: Jun 1977
- Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Public Policy; Public Policy; Reinsurance>Stop-loss insurance
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The U.S. Health Care Revolution: Give Me an Incentivized Provider Payment System or Give Me Death!
The U.S. Health Care Revolution: Give Me an Incentivized Provider Payment System or Give Me Death! A ... A proposal to reform the health care provider payment system through: a national fee schedule, shifting ...- Authors: John Dante
- Date: Sep 2010
- Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Payment models; Public Policy; Public Policy
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Escaping the Addiction – From Preferred Payer to Rational Pricing
Escaping the Addiction – From Preferred Payer to Rational Pricing A proposal to reform current health ... system, in which Medicare and Medicaid pay less than the true cost while others must then pay more, to a 'value ...- Authors: Hobson Carroll
- Date: Sep 2010
- Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability>Payment models; Health & Disability>Public financing - Health & Disability; Public Policy; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Medicaid; Social Insurance>Medicare
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Managing Health Care
Managing Health Care Panel discussion focusing on managing health care costs. Health care costs;Health ...- Authors: Richard H Hoffman, William C Hsiao, Richard J Mellman
- Date: May 1977
- Competency: Communication>Persuasive communication; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Public Policy; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Government-funded healthcare
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Letter from the Editors
Letter from the Editors The editors of Health Watch have made health care reform the focus of the Sepctember ... Sepctember 2009 issue, and provide an introduction to the issue's contents. Health care reform;Health ...- Authors: Grady Catterall, Mary Kindel Van der Heijde
- Date: Sep 2009
- Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Medicare