Description: This session 110IF of the Las Vegas Spring Meeting updates the changes in the health insurance industry due to recent mergers, acquisitions, and demutualizations. What has the impact of this consolidation been on health products? What is the outlook for continued future consolidations in the health insurance industry? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No 1.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, San Francisco. This session was about the underwriting and health considerations associate with tobacco use. Detection techniques and cigarette smoking versus tobacco use were also addressed.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting provide an overview of the business of medicine from both a hospital and a physician viewpoint. Topics include defining the mission, uncompesated care, impact of Medicare/Medicaid, expenses, scheduling and relationships with managed care organizations.

Description: In this discussion, experts in specific areas reported on recent and current happenings in their field. These include HMOs and manged care, Congressional legislation initiatives, disability insurance and mergers and acquisitions within the health providers/insurers. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Spring Meeting addresses risk selection and classification and wellness-related issues. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: This session discussion is about medical technology: trends and proliferation of medical technology, its impact, future, employer strategies to limit exposure, considerations of containing utilization of various procedures and technology. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1A.

Description: This panel discussion session focuses on the individual health insurance experience review and pricing.

Description: This teaching session provides a summary of publicly available data and information sources for health actuaries. Several of the more useful resources are reviewed in detail. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 15

Description: This presentation was made at the SOA 1975 New York Spring meeting. It discusses the actuarial techniques required to combat the impact of inflation on Group Life and Health, including communication of premium increases to clients and impact of new national or local health plans. 1975 Record, Vol. 1, No. 2

Description: In this session 114 PD of the New York Annual Meeting the panel provides an overview of prevalent risk adjustment methods and focuses on a new method being developed with the help of a grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.