Description: A contingency table is a set of counts or frequencies obtained by classifying observations in two or more different ways. Log-linear analysis is applied to disability terminations, linking them to variables such as sex, age, region and maximum benefit period. Application to risk classification and underwriting are outlines.

Description: This discussion looks at: what period or combination of periods could reliably be used for valuation purposes, if the practice of applying the rate of disability to mixed lives in the construction of monetary tables is appropriate, and problems from the use of the assumed date at commencement of disability as contrasted with the use of the date at the end of the waiting period.

Description: This paper looks at how smaller companies are expanding their operations in the disability income, accident and sickness field, what the problems and the expectations of satisfactory financial results are and how the Society can assist members in the constructive development of this business. A discussion of waiver of premium riders on life insurance policies was also discussed.

Description: Panelists discuss the history of this 75-year-old Medical Information Bureau MIB, its very active and data-rich source of medical information, and the services that the MIB offers to clients and other industry groups. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 1.

Description: Presenters discuss the differences between patient treatment protocols and length-of-stay guidelines, and some of the issues that payers confronted as the protocols were implemented. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: Panelists discuss employers' perspective of defining strategies to identify best-in-market opportunities. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 1.

Description: This article is directed to the payors—especially self-funded employers and TPAs—that seek to improve the health of the populations they cover in addition to administering the plan. Greater use of primary care is one way to better manage the health delivery. The results should also impact costs in a measurable way. Issue No. 59

Description: Summary of the health section council’s research project to assess the accuracy of commonly used IBNR estimation methods over a wide range of scenarios.

Description: The Johns Hopkins ACG Team's comments regarding their participation in the Comparative Analysis of Claims-Based Tools for Health Risk Assessment.

Description: This paper applies the principles and methodologies discussed in earlier papers in this series to measure cost savings from a two-year disease management DM program for the 200,000 Medicare members of a regional managed care plan. We then study how savings estimates change when we allow for four variations in key assumptions: methods for identifying or excluding plan members, requirements for eligibility in the health plan, methods for calculating health care trend and study design. Finally, we also examine the sensitivity of these results to product type by comparing the Medicare results to those of the Commercial HMO/POS product. Paper 8 of an 8 paper series titled: “Evaluating the Results of Care Management Interventions: Comparative Analysis of Different Outcomes Measures” sponsored by the Society of Actuaries’ Health Section and the Committee on Knowledge Extension Research.