Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New Orleans Meeting reviews long-term care LTC products. Discussion topics include product design, pricing administration, regulation, marketing and AARP. From the Record of the Society of Acturaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: This session at the SOA 1998 Maui I Spring Meeting discusses issues related to the more direct involvement of actuaries on the asset side of the balance sheet.

Description: This panel will present the perspectives of state government, federal government, and health maintenance organizations HMOs with respect to Medicaid risk contracting. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: This session 94PD of the Maui II Spring Meeting the panel examines the advantages and disadvantages of collaboration between clinician and actuary. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: Panelists discuss the contractual relationships between health-care providers and health-care insurers [payers], and how they can be improved. Discussed are managed care, HMO, and PPO types of negotiated contracts in the private arena. Recent trends in types of provider arrangements, and expectations for the future, are also discussed. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 97PD of the Boston Annual Meeting.

Description: From session 30OF at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Las Vegas, NV May 22-24, 2000 This session introduces a popular new model, the Quality Compass Model, which seeks to balance concerns regarding consumer satisfaction, clinical outcomes, cost, and utilization.

Description: This session discussion is about health systems in Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. It includes critical issues facing each system and their relative strength and weaknesses. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 4A.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meetings looks at underwriting for small group health plans of at least five lives. Various proposals for improving the small group market are discussed.

Description: This 1991 panel discussion is about the NAIC and HIAA models, as well as state regulations proposed or adopted to regulate small group underwriting and rate guidelines. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3A.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting present various physician incentive programs, including withholds, bonuses, capitation, and other risk-sharing concepts. Implications and effectiveness of each type of program and appropriate situations for applying each program are discussed.