Description: 2001 SOA Annual Meeting, New Orleans. Health care cost trends have substantially increased in the past two years. Panelists discussed the factors contributing to these increased trends, the prospect for further increases in the future, and national health care issues.

Description: This session discussion is about current claim experience,variations by block of business & product, problems in determining claim experience and effect of selection on experience in health care. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 1.

Description: This session discussion is about overview of current trend experience, techniques of applying trends in rating, risk aspects of different trending methods, and implications of trend cycles for surplus requirements. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 1.

Description: This session discusses how managed care affects the cost and pricing of health care. Included is a discussion of inadequate development and use of practice standards practicing differently for patients covered by different insurers and the malpractice crisis. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3, Session 59

Description: This article outlines what the author learned from the Sixth Annual Quality Colloquium at Harvard. From Health Watch, January 2008, Issue No. 57.

Description: Presented at April 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about the techniques for understanding and analyzing trends in medical care, including: utilization and cost components, analysis of cyclical behavior, use of econometric models, and aggregate trend vs. employer-specific needs.

Description: Hospitals, through consolidation and affiliations, gaining back negotiation strenght lost due to managed care in the 80s and 90s. Charges vary significantly by area and facility. Issue No. 46.

Description: The measure of a health-care provider's quality and efficiency can be used to reward or penalize the provider through reimbursement strategies and plan designs. Panelists discuss the measures that are becoming available. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2. Session 24PD of the San Francisco Spring Meeting.

Description: Article discusses causes of high charges in relations to reimbursement arrangements and possible actions of insurers & payers. Issue No. 45.

Description: In this session, participants learn the issues large employers face with respect to increased health care costs, the goals and objectives of the value-based purchasing initiative and similar initiatives and the different methods used to implement these initiatives. The Leapfrog Group, a hospital performance initiative, and Bridges to Excellence, a physician performance initiative, are specifically discussed. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1, Session 31