Description: This panel discussion, which occurred at the April 1982 SOA meeting in Orlando, presented information related to developments in medical benefit plan design which will help control costs. The panel discussed: What has already been tried?, What works?, and, What else can be tried?. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 8, No. 2.

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses the current expected mortality rate of defined benefit plans, what changes in this mortality rate are likely, will defined benefit plans be replaced by other programs requiring actuarial expertise, will retraining of actuaries be necessary, what we can learn from other places and other times.

Description: Panelists discuss HMO open access plans [in-network-only coverage, but no referral requirements] and the provider contracts and administrative systems that are needed to support them in a cost-effective way. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: Highlights of the 2013 initiatives and accomplishments of the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Mental health spending has reached $147 billion in the United States with demand only increasing greatly impacting society as nearly 1 in 5 experience these issues. There are even more indirect costs associated with mental health causing a national crisis surpassing 1 percent of the GDP. These costs coupled with the severe lack of licensed clinicians calls for an innovative solution. Through years of development and completion of a randomized controlled trial, Prevail has built and validated a low-cost, scalable solution. Prevail's clinically proven digital mental health treatment provides increased access to care while reducing overall health costs. Private and public payors should being reimbursing this model and offering it to their members.

Description: Essay discussing that the two factors that affect healthcare cost are costs and the fact that people lack coverage.

Description: Update on the potential impact of national health law legislation, and discussion of the influence of inflation on both the relation between actual and expected claims, and the design of new benefits and administrative procedures. This presentation was made at the 1975 SOA Los Angeles Spring Meeting.