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  • Obesity: What It Means For Actuaries
    actuaries will be affected. Behavioral economics;Health care costs;Obesity;Mortality risk; Obesity: What It ... But what is meant by obesity and why should we care? In some cultures obesity is a sign of being successful ...

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    • Authors: Sam Gutterman
    • Date: Oct 2008
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • Making the Case for an ObesityCare Management Program
    Making the Case for an ObesityCare Management Program This article looks at obesity in ... United States and presents strategies for an Obesity Care Management Program. From Health Watch Newsletter ...

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    • Authors: Karen A. Fitzner, Ronald O'Shea Gamble, Elizabeth Heckinger
    • Date: May 2006
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • Will There Be Enough Doctors, Nurses And Hospitals For Our Aging Populations?
    have been an active participant in the U.S. health care system having experienced a long hospital stay ... physicians for treatment. When I share my health care experience with my family members, often I discover ...

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    • Authors: Ronora Stryker
    • Date: Oct 2011
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Global Perspectives; Health & Disability>Health care
  • Table 2, Obesity Prevalence for U.S. Adults Aged 20 and Older, 2005-06, The Actuary Magazine–October/November 2008, Volume 5, Issue No 5
    Table 2, Obesity Prevalence for U.S. Adults Aged 20 and Older, 2005-06, The Actuary Magazine–October/November ... selected ethnic group. Behavioral economics;Health care costs;Obesity;Mortality risk; 13877 10/1/2008 ...

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    • Authors: Sam Gutterman
    • Date: Oct 2008
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • Table 1, Relation Between Body Mass Index BMI and Height Feet/Inches and Weight Pounds for Adults, The Actuary Magazine–October/November 2008, Volume 5, Issue No 5
    Table 1, Relation Between Body Mass Index BMI and Height Feet/Inches and Weight Pounds for Adults, ... weight combinations. Behavioral economics;Health care costs;Obesity;Mortality risk; 13544 10/1/2008 ...

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    • Authors: Sam Gutterman
    • Date: Oct 2008
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • Public Health: Actuaries Weighing in on Healthy People 2030 A Health Section Strategic Initiative
    Public Health: Actuaries Weighing in on Healthy People 2030 A Health Section Strategic Initiative ... People 2030. public health;health financing;health care cost-benefit analysis 6442480948 2/1/2018 12:00:00 ...

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    • Authors: Sara Teppema, Jim Toole, Bethany McAleer
    • Date: Feb 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Public financing - Health & Disability
  • Table 3, Attribution of Major Sources of Mortality Improvement in Cardiovascular Disease between 1980 and 2000, The Actuary Magazine–October/November 2008, Volume 5, Issue No 5
    Table 3, Attribution of Major Sources of Mortality Improvement in Cardiovascular Disease between ... between 1980 and 2000. Behavioral economics;Health care costs;Obesity;Mortality risk; 13878 10/1/2008 ...

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    • Authors: Sam Gutterman
    • Date: Oct 2008
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • Implementing Parity: Investing in Behavioral Health – Part 2
    Implementing Parity: Investing in Behavioral Health – Part 2 Part 1 of a 2-part series ... regulations could impact the business of behavioral health care and the impending decisions for payors, employers ...

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    • Authors: Stephen P Melek
    • Date: Sep 2010
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Public Policy
  • The 2007 Health Policy Summit: Celebrating 25 Years of Health Affairs
    Kleinke, a nationally recognized speaker on health care innovation, a contrib- utor of a dozen or so Health ... Business of Health Care in the New Century and Oxymorons: The Myth of a U.S. Health Care System) are considered ...

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    • Authors: Grady Catterall
    • Date: May 2008
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • SOA Health Section and CMS: A Continuing Dialogue
    relation- ships. Given the range and diversity of health care issues today, it clearly benefits both the profession ... knowledge and understanding of the direction of health care which must be considered each year by CMS when ...

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    • Authors: John Cookson, Steven Siegel
    • Date: Jan 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care