Description: Panelists discuss several methods for implementation of the Balanced Budget Act requirement that the Medicare program adopt a risk adjustment mechanism for implementation in the year 2000. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: The panel offers a summary of the Medicare Modernization Act signed into law in 2003, which implemented sweeping changes to the Medicare program. Topics include Medicare Advantage, the impact on Medicare Supplement, Part D, and the impact on retiree health plans. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 3, Session 127

Description: The presentation discusses the history of the Medicare+Choice [M+C] program and the challenges faced by plans offering the program, as well as the challenges faced by those interested in entering the program. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 60

Description: Panelists explore issues facing carriers of Medicare Supplement products, including high trend, fixed designs, limited underwriting ability, legislation, National Association of Insurance Commissioners [NAIC] pursuits, and the American Academy of Actuaries [AAA] task force. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 66

Description: This session is about compliance with NAIC requirements and Medicare-Select products. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 1B.

Description: In session 26PD of the 2004 Valuation Actuary Symposium, discussed is how the new Medicare prescription drug legislation creates a number of issues for employers and managed-care plans. Employers must determine the impact of the legislation on their retiree prescription drug costs, evaluate options for plan design and make decisions about how to reflect the effect of the legislation in their FAS 106 valuations. Managed-care plans need to review the effect of the legislation on plan design, statutory filings and financial reporting for their Medicare products.

Description: Presented at May 2000 Spring Meeting. Examines benefit plan design dynamics, including FAS 106 impacts, involved in Medicare retiree plans by discussing some typical examples.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting discusses national health policy issues in the U.S. and the impact of these issues on the private health insurance business. Issues include health insurance for the unemployed, non-paying patients and cost shifting, competition versus regulation and DRG prospective pricing for Medicare.

Description: This session is about Medicare resource-based relative schedule [RBRVS], volume performance standards and balance billing limits. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 1.

Description: Presented at October 2000 Annual Meeting. Discusses recent enrollment and cost trends and competitive dynamics with Medicare+Choice capitated plans. Expected future trends are also discussed.