Description: Presented at October 2001 Annual Meeting. Panelists provide insight into the factors driving the cost increase of prescription drugs and how these factors are being addressed. Strategies include drug utilization review, manufacturer contracting, benefit design, formularies, pharmaceutical pricing, therapeutic substitution, physical education, and introduction of new pharmaceuticals. Also discussed are pharmacoeconomic benefit considerations when studying integrated medical and pharmacy expenses.

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses 3 papers: 'Report on Reserve Standards for Individual and Group Health Insurance Contracts' by the AAA Committee on Health, 'Reserve Principles for Individual Health Insurance' by the Committee for Accident and Health, and 'Structure for Consideration of Health Coverage Valuation Standards' by an NAIC Health Subcommittee of Standing Technical Advisory Group.

Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. This session discussion is about the market, products/plan design, administration, underwriting and types of delivery systems.

Description: Panel discussion of alternative approaches to the design of reserve standards, to include those topics discussed in several recent papers and committee reports.

Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. This session discussion is highlighting recent developments in the Chicago health care delivery system, the involvement of Chicago area HMOs, PPOs and insurers in the financing and delivery of health care services, and issues unique to the Chicago market as well as issues applicable to other geographical areas.

Description: Presented at April 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Target Markets - true third party, fictitious trust, individuals, Media - mail, television, periodicals, Product choice and design.

Description: This session explores the issues raised and logistical problems encountered in setting risk-based capital RBC factors for various health products. Also discussed is the development of surplus requriements for disability income products. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 95

Description: This session discusses how many carriers use simplified underwriting techniques or alternative underwriting approaches to streamline the underwriting/policy issue process. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 130

Description: This session discussion is about the valuations applicable to health business including cash flow analysis, scenario testing, and reserving. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1988 Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: This session presents a summary of actuarial and potential uses of stochastic modeling for health actuaries. Three case studies are presented: rating health plan reimbursement provisions, developing claim liabilities, and defining appropriate reinsurance levels. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1, Session 18