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Editorial - Will Managed Care Become Unmanaged Care?
Care? This editorial reviews the benefits of managed care, notes the public pressure to relax controls ... controls around this system and the expected cost impact of doing so. Health care costs;Health care quality;Managed ...- Authors: Janet Carstens
- Date: Apr 1999
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance
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To Be Continued - Group Insurance Programs - Special Financing Arrangements
Arrangements A discussion of funding arrangements that can reduce the costs of providing medical coverage through ... through lower reserves or state tax savings, instead of through cutting benefits. Funding policy;Premium ...- Authors: Stephen Carter
- Date: Jan 1978
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Finance & Investments; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Tax accounting; Health & Disability>Health insurance
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The Health Maintenance Organization Act Of 1973
The Health Maintenance Organization Act Of 1973 On Dec. 29, 1973 President Nixon signed into law the ... Organization Act of 1973, which authorizes $375 million to be used by the DHEW to stimulate the establishment ...- Authors: John G Turner
- Date: Apr 1974
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance; Public Policy
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The Future Of Retirement - An Update
The Future Of Retirement - An Update This article exams societal trends that may influence retirement ... scenarios. From The Actuary Vol. 24, No. 12 Demographics;Medicare;Pension reform;Retiree medical; 12987 2/1/1990 ...- Authors: Anna M Rappaport
- Date: Feb 1990
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance; Pensions & Retirement
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To Be Continued - An Overview Of The Health Care Delivery System
Overview Of The Health Care Delivery System This article presents a view of health care as an economic system ... a framework for classifying current criticisms of the system, and offers references for further reading ...- Authors: Frank E Finkenberg
- Date: Feb 1978
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Social Insurance>Government-funded healthcare
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The Actuary Vol. 23, No. Small-Group Renewal Rating - Companies Must Become More Active
The Actuary Vol. 23, No. Small-Group Renewal Rating - Companies Must Become More Active Article from ... from The Actuary September 1989 – Volume 23, No. 8 that discusses how increasingly keen competition for ...- Authors: Drew Davidoff
- Date: Sep 1989
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance
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Predictions of Employee MSA Selection Will Be Challenge for Actuaries
Predictions of Employee MSA Selection Will Be Challenge for Actuaries This article discusses Medical Savings ... Accounts MSA as proposed in federal legislation and the problems that actuaries will face in predicting their ...- Authors: Edwin Hustead
- Date: Feb 1996
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance
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Health Care Variability
not be forgotten. Health Actuaries have been aware of, and have adjusted for, variation in health costs ... Many of these factors are accounted for in insurer's rating manuals. Studies published over the years ...- Authors: John Cookson
- Date: Feb 2005
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance
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Seeking Answers - A Health Actuary Views The Dilemmas of Individual Policies
Health Actuary Views The Dilemmas of Individual Policies In this article, the author, reflecting upon ... meaningful individual health insurance, unlike other lines of individual coverage, is generally not offered by ...- Authors: Richard A Lake
- Date: Apr 1998
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance
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Pricing Benefits Costs for Cobra
Discusses the financial impact upon the medical plans for group policyholders, caused by the requirement ... continue within the group plan employees and their dependents who become ineligible under the regular eligibility ...- Authors: Anthony J Houghton
- Date: Mar 1987
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance