Description: From session 30OF at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Las Vegas, NV May 22-24, 2000 This session introduces a popular new model, the Quality Compass Model, which seeks to balance concerns regarding consumer satisfaction, clinical outcomes, cost, and utilization.

Description: This session discussed Managing The Delivery Of Health Care To Control Medical Costs. Includes organizational & marketing strategies, rate strategies, selection issues, plan design, and regulation. Record of Society of Actuaries 1983 Vol. 9, No. 4

Description: This session discussed about expected trends in medical care costs, changes in Medicare reimbursement practices and their short- and long-term effects, the emerging responsibility for providing long-term care, rise of managed health care, new and old participants, selection issues, multiple options, and small group market.

Description: In this session, an employer representative and broker will discuss their views on the current health care marketplace and cost containment including utilization review, self-funded plans and ASOs. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1987 Vol. 13, No. 1.

Description: This session is geared to give participants a keener insight into the post September 11 factors underlying health care cost trends and how others in the industry view the future of health care costs. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 4

Description: This session discussion is about health systems in Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. It includes critical issues facing each system and their relative strength and weaknesses. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 4A.

Description: This session is about the Health insurance has become an important issue in this year's presidential election campaign. What effect will this have on the likelihood of major health-care reform, on public expectations about rights to health care, about perceptions of health insurers, etc? From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 4A.

Description: This session examines how technology, managed care and other changes are affecting health-care cost trends. The panel presents analyses of cost trends experienced over the last decade and contrasts those with historical trends. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 81

Description: This is a panel discussion on health planning and cost containment. The session concentrates on the roles of the insurers and group policyholder in working towards improvement in the health care delivery system. This includes reducing utilization, the supply of services and prices for services.

Description: This session discussion is about overview of current trend experience, techniques of applying trends in rating, risk aspects of different trending methods, and implications of trend cycles for surplus requirements. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 1.