Description: This session discussion is about who is the health care manager, how is health care management evaluated, ethical considerations, malpractice liability and data systems support. Inlcudes a discussion on gatekeepers, provider contracting, utilization management, benefit design, DRG creep, long-term care, From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1987 Vol. 13, No. 1.

Description: In this session at the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting, panelists discuss how managed care dental programs work, the actuarial issues, quality issues, and the perspective of the dentist.

Description: Attendees learn about the Patient's Bill of Rights, pressures on managed care programs and the strategies being used to address the changing dynamics of the managed care environments. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 116

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting discuss the types of health care reform ideas and how they are analyzed, the specific programs currently in proposed legislation, and the role of the American Academy of Actuaries in the process.

Description: This session discussion is about long-term health care funding. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3B.

Description: This session at a SOA 1990 Spring Meeting is about open ended managed care plans from various perspectives including structure, marketing and actuarial issues.

Description: This presentation from Session 86PD of the SOA 1996 Orlando Annual Meeting provides the physician perspective on ethical questions resulting from utilization review decisions infringing on physician decisions in providing health care. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 3.

Description: This session discussion is about methods of managing care, what methods have been most effective, experience to date under managed care products, are savings being generated, employer acceptance of managed care products, provider acceptance of managed care products, what will future managed care programs look like. Includes a discussion on utilization review and management, From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1988 Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: With the creation of 'qualified' long-term-care plans behind us, companies now have additional information regarding interpretations from the Treasury Department, regulations and directives from insurance departments, and feedback from the consumer. This presentation from Session 128PD of the SOA 1999 San Francisco Annual Meeting looks at what has been learned in the past two years about long-term care insurance and what state and federal regulatory changes may be on the horizon. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: In this session, panelists present their views on the future of managed care in light of the current environment. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 118