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Evaluating Approaches for Adoption of Medical Technologies
Evaluating Approaches for Adoption of Medical Technologies The purpose of this project was to create a tool that would allow actuaries to derive an understanding of the evidence for medical ...- Authors: Robert D Lieberthal
- Date: Mar 2014
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health care quality
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Inventory – Measurement of Healthcare Quality and Efficiency
Inventory – Measurement of Healthcare Quality and Efficiency This is the inventory part of the report from the research project that reviewed and inventoried the range of quality and efficiency ...- Authors: Ian G Duncan, Greger J Vigen, Sheryl Coughlin
- Date: Jan 2010
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health care quality; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
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Design and Pricing of Tiered Network Health Plans
Design and Pricing of Tiered Network Health Plans This article discusses the advantages, logistical concerns, and pricing formulas of implementing a TNHP, in which members pay less for treatment ...- Authors: Peter Horman
- Date: May 2009
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Validating the PRIDIT method for determining hospital quality with outcomes data
Validating the PRIDIT method for determining hospital quality with outcomes data Presented at August 2011 46th Actuarial Research Conference. Discussion of research in progress which examines ...- Authors: Robert D Lieberthal, ANDREA KATHERINE OCONNELL, Application Administrator
- Date: Aug 2011
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health care quality
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Taxes and Fees Introduced by the ACA
Taxes and Fees Introduced by the ACA Taxes and Fees Introduced by the ACA Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act= PPACA=Affordable Care Act;Health care reform;Health insurance;Medical Loss ...- Authors: Michael Gaal
- Date: Aug 2015
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
- 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
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Wall of Comments
Wall of Comments A compilation of feedback from actuaries in the Health Section of the affects of the ACA. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act= PPACA=Affordable Care Act;Health care ...- Authors: Society of Actuaries
- Date: Aug 2015
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
- 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
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Potential Joint Government and Private Sector Initiatives
Potential Joint Government and Private Sector Initiatives This paper provides an outline of three potential initiatives that may be undertaken by the government and the private sector. The first ...- Authors: Dale Yamamoto
- Date: Jun 2009
- Competency: Communication>Written communication; Leadership
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health information technology; Public Policy
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Alternative Medicine - SOA-Sponsored Project Asks: Does it Work?
Alternative Medicine - SOA-Sponsored Project Asks: Does it Work? As health care changes, actuaries need to be able to understand developments and work with users of health plan information.- Authors: Thomas Edwalds, Lee Eric Launer, Anna M Rappaport
- Date: Oct 1998
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Health & Disability>Health care quality
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Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts Wrap-up of publication and thank-yous. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act= PPACA=Affordable Care Act;Health care reform;Health insurance;Medical Loss Ratio=MLR;Accountable ...- Authors: Valerie Nelson
- Date: Aug 2015
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health information technology; Health & Disability>Health insurance
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Letter from the Editors
Letter from the Editors The editors of Health Watch have made health care reform the focus of the Sepctember 2009 issue, and provide an introduction to the issue's contents. Health care ...- Authors: Grady Catterall, Mary Kindel Van der Heijde
- Date: Sep 2009
- Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Medicare