Description: Part one of a two part series explores implementation issues for the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 MHPAEA.

Description: This article focuses on the actuarial value calculator and the methodology used. It proposes potential future improvements to this model.

Description: Review of 2015 from perspective of the Health Section

Description: CHCS is a nonprofit policy center focused on improving American health outcomes, particularly for low-income people, including payment & delivery system reform.

Description: The medical and behavioral health care provider communities have long debated whether high-quality behavioral health care reduces medical costs. This presentation from Session 85PD of the SOA 1996 Colorado Springs Meeting reviews past studies relating to medical cost offsets and explores the potential magnitude of such design and delivery of medical and behavioral health care programs to encourage potential health care cost savings and to increase wellness. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 2.

Description: This session presents information sources used in tracking health technologies, the value of health technology assessments and clinical data typically available. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 2, Session 4

Description: Pilot study made determining a satisfactory form for future experience studies under major medical expense insurance.

Description: Because of the expected dramatic rise in chronic disease prevalence due to aging and obesity, and increased cost per case due to new technology and drugs, there has been intense focus on managing the cost of treating chronic diseases. From Financing Chronic Care Monograph, M-HB05-1.

Description: This analysis provides an overview of the functional components of the managed care system. It discusses the market forces underlying the United States’ system for health care financing and delivery and suggests how market forces impact the health care industry. The analysis focuses on societal goals for health care delivery and on managed care’s effectiveness in enabling achievement of those goals. The analysis develops and uses an innovative model developed to summarize the complex interplay among the many stakeholders, or participants, in the health care system. The model provides a framework for analysis of the many relationships among stakeholders. The analysis also highlights current issues in managed care, particularly the barriers that impede collaboration among stakeholders.