Description: Panelists discuss changes to the Medicare program being implemented by the Medicare Modernization Act. Topics include Medicare Advantage and Part D bidding and actuarial equivalence. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 3, Session 101

Description: This 1981 session concerned public issues that involve both actuaries and accountants, such as pension plan funding and reporting, GAAP for mutual life companies and independence in auditing. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 2.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. In this session, the discussion looks at recent practice areas where actuaries have been involved in litigation. A review for lessons learned is undertaken and measures are examined which may be taken as protection from or to better deal with litigious situations.

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: This session discusses HMOs: do they manage health better, do provider financial incentives reduce quality, do HMOs profit from shadow pricing, and do they attract better risk. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 1.