Announcement: SOA releases August 2025 Exam FM passing candidate numbers.
The SOA Strategic Research Programs emphasize the skillset and thought leadership of actuaries, and help provide insights to members, stakeholders, and the public on socially relevant topics.
The SOA’s Health Care Cost Trends Strategic Research Program focuses on the forces that shape health care cost, use and changes over time. Explore what drives health care costs, including medical and pharmacy use, social factors, and demographics. Topics include trends with health care costs, public health, preventive medicine, population health, the impacts of regulatory and legislative changes, and the impact of new medical technologies and pharmaceuticals.
SDOH in Medicaid Risk Models
Evaluating SDOH integration into Medicaid risk adjustment models reveals its financial impact on ACOs/MCOs, informing policymakers and actuaries.
Explore research reports and studies, innovative research projects and collaborate efforts with other organizations and the SOA Research Institute. For access to all episodes, visit the Research Insights page.
Learn more about long-run medical cost trends.
Learn more about interpretable machine learning techniques for health insurance fraud detection.
Learn more about setting/evaluating rates for Medicaid Managed Care programs to develop the underwriting margin component of the capitation rates.
