Description: This article describes the SOA's Risk Adjustment Research project, in the context of health care reform, and the preliminary data analysis that has been completed by the Research Task Force.

Description: At this luncheon session, the winning papers from the 1990 Society of Actuaries Health Section's research paper competition are presented. The two winning papers are: 1. 'The Natural Limitations of Health Care Trend: A Paper Concerned with Methodologies of Determining Trend Assumptions for Retiree Health Costs' by Jeffrey P. Petertil, and 2. 'Modeling Flexible Benefit Selection' by Charles S. Fuhrer and Arnold F. Shapiro. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3B.

Description: This presentation from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting presents the results of risk adjusters' research in health insurance including risk adjustment in various states, the effect of community rating, biased selection and risk adjustment and methods of risk adjustment. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3a.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting presents the results of risk adjuster research in health care assessment and discusses the potential use of risk adjusters in health care reform efforts. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: This session discusses the role that the SOA, AAA and actuaries have played in developing/analyzing various federal health care reform proposals. What will the future hold for practicing health actuaries? From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 20, No. 3A.

Description: Presented at May 2000 Spring Meeting. Discusses common problems in creating a successful merger - such as not incorporating community support, and not achieving economies of scale - and how to avoid them.