Description: In this session at the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting, panelists discuss how managed care dental programs work, the actuarial issues, quality issues, and the perspective of the dentist.

Description: Presenter examines federal and state efforts at parity in the area of mental health insurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: Panelists discuss the methods HMOs employ to measure their providers' quality of care, outcomes, compliance with best practice guidelines, and cost control. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: This presentation was made at the 1975 Spring Cincinnati Joint Meeting of the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice and Society of Actuaries. It discusses funding requirements as prescribed by ERISA. 1975 Record Vol. 1, No.3

Description: Panelists discuss the pros and cons of using a care manager in order to receive either benefits or enhanced benefits in long term care plans. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: The panel presents the technical details of calculating the deficit reduction contribution as changed by the Retirement Protection Act RPA of 1994. Additionally addressed is the new solvency maintenance requirement and changes to the full-funding limitation. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3b.

Description: This session is about the Health insurance has become an important issue in this year's presidential election campaign. What effect will this have on the likelihood of major health-care reform, on public expectations about rights to health care, about perceptions of health insurers, etc? From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 4A.

Description: This panel discussion occurred at the SOA's 1975 Bal Harbour meeting. The topic was the relationship of the actuary to the policyholder including, non-discrimination issues, improved policyholder service, dividend philosophy, cost comparisons and disclosure obligations. 1975 Record Vol. 1, No. 4

Description: Open meeting of the Society's Health Benefit Systems Practice Advancement Committee and Health Section Council, as well as the American Academy of Actuaries' Health Practice Council. The three committees review ongoing projects in the Health Practice area. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: This article covers a session at the 1975 Spring Cincinnati Joint Meeting of the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice and Society of Actuaries. It discusses the following issues: allocation of plan termination liabilities, reports between triennial valuations, actuarial certification, changes in assumptions and Canadian requirements. 1975 Record Vol. 1, No. 3