Description: This session discusses affordable health care including cost drivers, trends, the uninsured, federal funding and state initiatives. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 109

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: This presentation from Session 111OF of the SOA 1999 San Francisco Annual Meeting covers the new medical technologies and how they affect the price of medicine, the delivery of health care, the cost of care, claims handling, utilization, and cost management. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: This session discusses the impact of rising costs and increased litigation on managed care. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 133

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting discuss medical excess coverage which is provided to hospitals and/or physician groups to reimburse such groups for benefits in excess of a deductible. This coverage typically involves situations where providers are taking capitation.

Description: This session discussion will discuss the nation's care system and the changes the industry must face to ensure its long-term financial strength. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 1A.

Description: By rationing health care resources, managed care organizations have raised ethical and legal issues not commonly found under previous financing structures. This session 95PD of the Palm Desert Spring Meeting addresses these issues. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 1.

Description: Panelists provide an overview of long-term-care insurance. They present basic information relating to how the product works, unique pricing and risk considerations, marketing, and reserve and capital requirements. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 1, Session 48

Description: Panelelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Washington, DC Annual Meeting discuss risk management for long-term care insurance, the design of long-term care morbidity studies, LTC morbidity trends, and the impact of morbidity on plan design.