Description: News release on Health Care Costs Institute and it's mission to promote research on the causes of rising U.S health spending.

Description: Presenter discusses the results published in Dr. David Eisenberg's paper entitled, Integrative Medicine, and offers an update on the data collection effort of the SOA Task Force on Alternative Care. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: This session summarizes recent trends in behavioral health parity, pros and cons of parity, the impact of mandated benefits on near-term medical costs and methods to effectively manage mental health utilization. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 1, Session 81

Description: This SOA report describes the components of margin for calculating capitation rates in a Medicaid context along with practical issues that MCOs may face.

Description: This 1981 session focused on cost containment programs for health care in Canada and the US. Topics included: 1. Possible changes - improved plan design 2. Ways to stimulate change - market forces vs. regulation 3. Untapped cost control-health education for employees - health lifestyles & disease prevention 4. Information sources From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 2.

Description: Health Care Cost Trends 2002 - prescription drug, base and leveraged trend. From Health Section News, January 2002, Issue No. 42.

Description: This article discusses Accountable Care Organizations, how they work, managing risks and their expectations to bend the cost curve.

Description: Essay stating accessibility, affordability and efficiency are the key to success in the future of healthcare.

Description: A listing of articles on managed care and health care issues.

Description: This project shows how to use agent-based models to simulate the behaviors of agents in complex health systems.