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  • Reducing Medical Cost Trend With Concierge Services and Enhanced Digital Tools
    a 2016 study in JAMA Internal Medicine by Frank S. Drescher and Brenda E. Sirovich reports that advanced ... optimized their utilization in two ways, as shown in Table  1. First, they reduced their use of four categories ...

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    • Authors: Edward Cymerys
    • Date: Jun 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Leadership>Thought leadership
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health information technology
  • 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
  • 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 ... Update on the SOA Health Section's Public Health Task Force's comment on Health People 2030. public ...

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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
  • Provider Risk-Sharing and Random Noise
    paid to the provider. Table 1 breaks this down for dif- ferent size groups. Table 1 Sample Random Variation ... HMOs. Managed Care, Dec. 1, 2000. https://www .managedcaremag.com/archives/2000/12/downstream-without-paddle ...

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    • Authors: Thomas Messer
    • Date: Jul 2019
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Payment models; Health & Disability>Provider networks; Health & Disability>Provider risk
  • The Costs of Mental HealthParity
    management was already in place. The following table summarizes the results from vari- ous state parity ... In October 1999, RAND provided testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommitee on Criminal ...

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    • Authors: Stephen P Melek
    • Date: Mar 2005
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • Health Watch, October 2018, Issue 87
    HEALTH SECTION I S S U E 8 7 • O C T O B E R 2 0 1 8 3 Letter From the Editor By JoAnn Bogolin ... National Vital Statistics System. Mortality. CDC Wonder, Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Oct 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
  • Soundbites from the American Academy of Actuaries' Health Practice Council Activities
    Soundbites from the American Academy of Actuaries' Health Practice Council Activities ... Activities Article presents a summary of the AAA's Health Practice Council Activities including input ...

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    • Authors: Heather E Jerbi, Tim M Mahony
    • Date: Oct 2011
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Health & Disability>Health care
  • Selling Health Insurance Across State Lines
    Selling Health Insurance Across State Lines Discusses various aspects of allowing ... to be sold in another state without the latter's approval or oversight. health insurance;health policy;individual ...

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    • Authors: Lawrence Mitchell
    • Date: Jun 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • Understanding the Economicsof Disease ManagementPrograms
    Economics of Disease Management Programs by Ian Duncan A s managed care and health insuranceorganizations struggle ... that an event that resulted in a 2.5 percent mortality rate in the county of Los Angles would likely ...

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    • Authors: Ian G Duncan
    • Date: Aug 2003
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • Telemedicine: What Actuaries Should Look For
    Telemedicine: What Actuaries Should Look For This article explores telemedicine's impact ... Look For This article explores telemedicine's impact on the health care system, health care costs ...

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    • Authors: Traci Leigh Hughes
    • Date: Jun 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance