Description: Panelists define the various provider-centered managed-health-care entities and discuss the differences among them. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: The panel will discuss the growing public sense of urgency to deal with a worsening crisis in the ability of millions of Americans to obtain quality health care that is also affordable. This session focuses on Medicaid issues, the Kennedy bill, and the impact on small businesses to require employers to purchase health insurance for their employees and dependents. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1988 Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: This session discussion is about the characteristics common in HMOs concentrating on the small employer market, Preferred Provider Organizations marketed to small employers, items requiring special attention when marketing Alternate Delivery Systems to small employers, alternate delivery options in an integrated multiple options package. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 12, No. 1.

Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. This session discussion is about recent trends in direct response marketing. This discussion will be led by two prominent direct response marketing professionals. Their initial remarks will provide a contrast of the growth strategies of a large established direct response company with those of a smaller, more recent entrant into this increasingly competitive market.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1995 Vancouver Spring Meeting discuss the financial implications of managed care for health insurance profitability. Factors that affect profitability for managed care companies and health insurance companies are discussed.

Description: Presented at April 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discusses how employers are trying to limit their risks under medical care plans and the implications of such strategies for carriers. This session considered the differences in the economic and random fluctuation risks, and the effectiveness of programs in controlling each.

Description: Presentation at October 1985 Annual Meeting. This session will discuss trends in medical technology as they affect health care benefits programs, including: life extension, organ transplants, high-cost procedures, and plan design.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting discuss how clinicians and actuaries work together in a managed care environment and how they can serve as a resource to each other. Views are presented from both a clinician and an actuary.

Description: This session discusses what will happen to supplemental coverages under health care reform. Topics include traditional group ancillary benefits, health care reform supplements, and traditional individual/group niche products? From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 20, No. 3A.

Description: This discussion focused on possiblities related to controlling health care costs in the private sector using the HMO structure. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 6, No. 3, SOA's 1980 June Meeting