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AMA Criticizes Actuarial Averages
AMA Criticizes Actuarial Averages The author takes exception to criticism from the AMA about hospital discharge guidelines as being set by actuaries when, in fact, they are set by physicians ...- Authors: Robert Dobson
- Date: Oct 1996
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Health & Disability
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Further Discussion of High Hospital Charges
Further Discussion of High Hospital Charges Article discusses causes of high charges in relations to reimbursement arrangements and possible actions of insurers & payers. Issue No. 45.- Authors: John Cookson
- Date: Apr 2003
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability
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How blockchain technology will disrupt the PBM-payer-pharmacy relationship
How blockchain technology will disrupt the PBM-payer-pharmacy relationship This article explores the disruptive applications of blockchain, an emerging technology, and its impact on the pharmacy ...- Authors: Brian Anderson, Michael DiPrima , Greg Callahan
- Date: Apr 2020
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability; Technology & Applications; Technology & Applications>Blockchain & cryptocurrency
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Can Direct-to-Provider Contracting Achieve Value-Based Care for Employer-Sponsored Plans?
Can Direct-to-Provider Contracting Achieve Value-Based Care for Employer-Sponsored Plans? Can Direct-to-Provider Contracting Achieve Value-Based Care for Employer-Sponsored Plans? ...- Authors: Andrew James Timcheck, Cory Gusland, Michael Gaal
- Date: Dec 2019
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Payment models
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Recommended Readings
Recommended Readings This web page contains links to the following articles of interest to actuaries: 1. A July 9, 2011 New York Times editorial about recent studies suggesting that ...- Authors: Application Administrator
- Date: Oct 2011
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Health & Disability; Technology & Applications>Computer science
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Critical Illness Turns 40!
Critical Illness Turns 40! This article provides an overview of critical illness insurance: history, product description, and the three primary ways to offer critical illness coverage in the ...- Authors: Jennifer Howard, Ashlee Borcan
- Date: Sep 2023
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Experience Studies & Data; Experience Studies & Data>Morbidity; Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Critical illness insurance; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Experience Studies & Data>Rate calculations; Health & Disability>Incidence; Health & Disability>Rates - Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Termination - Health & Disability
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The Dementia Epidemic: Are We Ready?
The Dementia Epidemic: Are We Ready? This article discusses the growing number of cases of dementia and its effects on economics and loved ones. Alzheimer's disease and dementia;Chronic ...- Authors: Karen Henderson
- Date: Dec 2010
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability
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The Actuary Vol. 2, No. 1 New 'Fringe Benefit' - Rejuvenation
The Actuary Vol. 2, No. 1 New 'Fringe Benefit' - Rejuvenation This article discusses fringe benefits for the retired from a 1967 meeting of the Canadian Pension Conference. Health ...- Authors: Arthur Pedoe
- Date: Jan 1968
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Health & Disability
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Up Front with the SOA Staff Fellow
Up Front with the SOA Staff Fellow Joe Wurzburger, Staff Fellow at the SOA, shares his views and insights about the health care industry in general and the Health Section's role in particular.- Authors: Society of Actuaries
- Date: Jul 2019
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Actuarial Profession; Health & Disability
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Give Me Some Credibility: Addressing the Challenge of Volatility in Value-Based Contracts—Part 2
Give Me Some Credibility: Addressing the Challenge of Volatility in Value-Based Contracts—Part 2 Discover the key components of value-based care (VBC) contracts and their impact on provider ...- Authors: Maria Knox, James Pisko, Keith Passwater
- Date: May 2023
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Results-Oriented Solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Predictive Analytics; Health & Disability>Provider networks; Health & Disability>Provider risk; Predictive Analytics>Modeling techniques