Description: Panelist discuss issues relating to new medical technologies and how these are going to affect the practice of medicine, the delivery of care, the costs of care, the insuring of care, claims handling, utilization, and cost management. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: The article described recent major advances in measurement of health programs and providers in the public and private sector.

Description: Essay reforming management in health care, structure of reimbursement, program management, health information, measurement systems, etc.

Description: Article about the future roles in health insurance.

Description: Affordable Care Act and Payment Reform

Description: Panelists discuss several factors impacting the pricing and design of health products. Topics include the recession, managed care, defined-contribution plans, employer perspective and provider pricing power. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 81

Description: Describes the three types of HMOs and the progress they are making in lowering medical costs and gaining market share. Also discusses possible future developments with HMOs.

Description: This session discussed about expected trends in medical care costs, changes in Medicare reimbursement practices and their short- and long-term effects, the emerging responsibility for providing long-term care, rise of managed health care, new and old participants, selection issues, multiple options, and small group market.

Description: An edited written interview with two actuaries and a public health professional on issues related to the intersection between the two fields.

Description: In the United States today, approximately 12 percent of individuals age 65 and over and 0.8 percent of persons 45–65 years old have Alzheimer’s disease AD or a related disorder ADRD1.