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  • Health Watch, March 2017, Issue 82
    Roundtable on the State of Predictive Analytics in U.S. Health Care By the Society of Actuaries 13 Mining ... the SOA’s Valuation Actuary Symposium. I was a table moderator for the Buzz Group: Health Reserves Hot ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Mar 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health information technology; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Health & Disability>Payment models; Health & Disability>Public financing - Health & Disability
  • Response to March 2021 Practice Note on ASOP 6
    than the consulting actuary’s statement of opinion on a private employer’s financial statement disclosure ... closed, they remain a material liability for many U.S. companies and public sector entities. As is so often ...

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    • Authors: Charles Edwards
    • Date: Aug 2022
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Morbidity; Health & Disability>Health care
  • Managed Care 3.0 Technology
    account for about half of the cost increases in U.S. health care.[1] Others have disputed these claims ... element driving increased costs. Regardless of one’s viewpoint, there are two key takeaways. First, improvements ...

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    • Authors: Joan Barrett, Sudha Shenoy
    • Date: Jan 2021
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Technology & Applications
  • Health Watch, Issue 79, December 2015, Health Watch
    Health Watch, Issue 79, December 2015, Health Watch Health Watch, Issue 79, ... Research;Cause-of-death mortality;Disability;Presenteeism;Absenteeism;Smoking and mortality;health care reform;actuarial ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Dec 2015
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership>Influence; Professional Values>Ethical standards; Relationship Management>Team leadership; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Disability; Health & Disability>Critical illness insurance; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Regression analysis; Technology & Applications>Computer science
  • Soundbites from the American Academy of Actuaries Health Practice Council
    the i s s u e s a n d re a d y t o h e l p w i t h s o l u t i o n s . T h e s e r i e s i n c l u d e ... e s i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e following: rising costs of health care, medical re i n s u r a n c ...

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    • Authors: Heather E Jerbi
    • Date: May 2008
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • HSAs and Account-Based Health PlansAn Overview of Preliminary Research
    market for account-based health plans. Enrollment u Participation in HSA-qualified highdeductible health ... (see Figure 1). (AHIP HSA Census, January 2006) u The number of firms offering HSA-qualifiedplans is ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Sep 2006
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • A Practical Method for Incorporating Pended Claims in Medical IBNR Estimates
    format. This is typically referred to as a lag table. With sufficient history, stable submission and ... backwards to esti- mate the balance of the lag table. where k is the payment duration and 0 < CF i,j ...

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    • Authors: Peter Reilly
    • Date: Apr 2003
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
  • Intimate Partner Violence: The Shadow Pandemic Part 2: Intimate Partner Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    and Jananie William Health Watch, March 2021 Editor’s note: This paper discusses experiences of violence ... around the world. I urge all governments to put women’s safety first as they respond to the pandemic.[5] The ...

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    • Date: Mar 2021
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health risks
  • Better Care Through Understanding the Customer Not Just the Patient
    types of data exist outside a health plan or provider’s walls that would enable us to develop a more holistic ... data sources that can help inform us of a member’s needs and wants. The first two are publicly available ...

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    • Authors: James Dolstad, Craig Cartossa, Justin Hartmann
    • Date: Dec 2021
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Health & Disability>Payment models; Predictive Analytics; Health & Disability>Provider networks; Health & Disability>Provider risk; Predictive Analytics>Modeling techniques
  • Health Watch, February 2018, Issue 85
    I S S U E 8 5 • F E B RUARY 2 0 1 8 3 Letter From the Editor By Greg Fann 5 Chairperson’s Corner ... Each of you have unique skills you bring to the table, and I imagine each of you would be able to choose ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Feb 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health information technology; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Health & Disability>Payment models; Health & Disability>Public financing - Health & Disability