Description: This session discussion is about the trends and proliferation, the impact, the horizon, genetic research, considerations for containing utilization of various procedures and technology. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3.

Description: This session will recap the history of the involvement of the actuarial profession in the debates on health care reform. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: This discussion from 1977 is an interdisciplinary examination into various methods to control costs under Group Medical Expense coverages. Discussion covers the roles of insurers, employers, health care providers, and the government - and the manner in which they interrelate. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 3, No. 4.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Salt Lake City Meeting discusses the small and mini-group market including trends in plan design, underwriting strategies, approaches to marketing compensation and claim cost containment strategies. Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 2

Description: Presenters at session 99 OF of the Maui II Spring Meeting discuss current issues involved in providing stop-loss coverage for provider-sponsored organization PSOs, managed care health plans, and self-funded groups. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the reasons sponsors implement cafeteria plans, basic design options, measuring experience, the cost of options and the pros and cons of cafeteria plans.

Description: This session discussion is about managed care and various aspects of what is working in managed care. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3B.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the small group and mini-group market, specifically the trends in plan design, underwriting strategies, approaches to marketing compensation and claim cost containment strategies.

Description: Telehealth enables the delivery of health care services to patients that are not in the same location as providers. Over the past decade, telehealth has been used increasingly to complement face-to-face patient encounters, and is particularly important to addressing health care needs in rural areas. Recent regulatory catalysts, particularly in the Medicare Advantage program, have served to elevate the visibility and importance of telehealth in the overall health care delivery system. Starting in 2020, Medicare Advantage plans can offer any clinically appropriate physician services through telehealth as part of the standard Medicare benefit. Network adequacy standards can also be met via telehealth providers under certain programs. This presentation will cover the basics of what constitutes telehealth, and provide tangible demonstrations of telehealth technology (simulating variations mediums through which services are delivered). We will cover the what, the why, and the where (anywhere) of telehealth in 2020.

Description: These are summaries of workshops at the 1967 Regional Meetings about net cost methods for individual life insurance and experience under small group plans.