Description: The SOA’s Mortality and Longevity Strategic Research Program Steering Committee (“MLPSC”) is issuing this call for essays to further explore the impact of COVID-19 on the future of the life insurance industry and the operation of life insurance companies.

Description: State Medicaid programs have broad flexibility to establish their own payment methodologies and rates for hospital services. Many states direct additional funding to populations, services, and hospitals where Medicaid comprises a disproportionate share of total business, or where there are other access concerns (e.g. rural providers). Actuaries can play a key role in determining where those additional funds would have the most benefit.

Description: 2018 Candidate Questionnaire for Janet Duncan

Description: Preview of the LTC section's sessions at the SOA Annual Meeting in October 2008, including claims management, litigation and public relations, preparing for PBA and stochastic modeling, pricing, research studies, and securitizations and reinsurance.

Description: excel file to accompany health care costs from birth to death

Description: This article provides a high-level overview of the 2016 Intercompany Long-Term Care Insurance (ILTCI) Conference. The article contains a summary of all conference activities, including various networking and educational opportunities. The main objective of the conference is to provide an information sharing and collaborative environment for insurance professionals, regulatory authorities, insurance educational institutes, actuaries and other special groups with an interest in long-term care (LTC) insurance.

Description: Review of LTC Industry

Description: This model arose from a project to evaluate the cost of a health care access' program to provide comprehensive medical care to uninsureds in Minnesota, for the Minnesota Health Care Access Commission. The project was to provide estimates of the impact on per-person and aggregate costs for various participation percentages in the access program. In order to evaluate those costs, the antiselection model described in this was developed. Of note, this was the ACTUARIAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FUND 1991 PRACTITIONERS AWARD WINNER. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, VOL. 2.

Description: Editorial discussing opportunities for actuaries in the health care industry.

Description: The National Association of Worksite Medical Clinics reported that one-third of U.S. employers with 5,000+ employees sponsored worksite (onsite) health care centers in 2017, and 24 percent of employers with 500-4,999 either have or plan to implement onsite health care by 2019. This session will explore why onsite health care programs are gaining traction: • Why do employers sponsor onsite healthcare? • What objectives do they hope to achieve? • How does the evidence compare with these objectives?