Description: Panelists in session 157 PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting discuss new developments related to provider contracting and the impact of these new strategies from the providers' perspective. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 157PD.

Description: Presented at October 2000 Annual Meeting. Discusses the marketing of voluntary benefits to employee groups and addresses key success factors for distribution, product, and technology associated with the work-site marketing distribution channel.

Description: The panel will provide an update on current developments in the financial transfer of risk under alternative managed care arrangements. The panel will also discuss the emerging issues with respect to capitation arrangements. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: The Individual Disability Experience Committee (IDEC) of the SOA has gathered industry data covering 2006-2015. The presenters will highlight findings on the recent industry experience compared to the 2013 Individual Disability Income Valuation Table (2013 IDIVT), including the impact of the recession on incidence and terminations. They will cover claim incidence and claim termination Actual to Expected (A/E) using 2013 IDIVT as the expected basis. The adequacy of the modifiers will also be discussed.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Las Vegas, NV May 22-24, 2000. Traditional methods of managing medical costs that were effective in the past might no longer be worth the same level of investment. This session addresses new strategies that are being developed for tomorrow.

Description: Panelists discuss new developments and strategies related to provider and network management and contracting. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 58PD of the Dallas Spring Meeting.

Description: This discussion on group coverage covers contingency reserves, pool assessments related to war risks, interest assumptions for group annuities, annual statement handling of group deposit administration business, disability provisions of pension plans, and conversion to individual policies upon termination from a group plan.

Description: 1990 Valuation Actuary Symposium Proceedings that is a panel discussion on AIDS and the valuation actuary. In addition, the panel will discuss the cost of treating HIV infection at Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

Description: In session 120 PD of the Las Vegas Spring Meeting panelists discuss new developments and strategies related to provider contracting. What changes in the risk-sharing arrangements are occurring? What contracting methodologies have been successful and what ones have not? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 1.

Description: This session 62 PD of the Las Vegas Spring Meeting focuses on provider excess reinsurance, which is an excess of loss coverage for providers assuming risk under various forms of managed care arrangements, such as HMOs, PPOs, and Medicare/Medicaid. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 3.