Description: This session will discuss the continuing evolution of the managed health care process. Topics include precertification, utilization review, retrospective review, case management, appropriateness review, benchmarking, recredentialing, provider contracting, and integrated medical systems. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 20, No. 3A.

Description: David Dranove, the Walter McNerney Distinguished Professor of Health Industry Management at Northwestern University, Kellogg’s Graduate School of Management speaks on the topic, “From Marcus Welby to Managed Care.” From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 18

Description: This panel discussion presented at the 1980 SOA Spring Meeting in Minneapolis discussed competition in health care delivery from the perspective of what was happening in Minnesota, a key HMO state. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 6, No. 2.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1995 Vancouver Spring Meeting present ways to measure physician performance and the issues associated with gathering the data for doing so.

Description: This panel discussion session examines the meaning and implication of holistic health. From the 1979 Record of SOA, Vol. 5 No. 3

Description: This is a discussion on the probable effects of medical advances in cancer on longevity. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13 Pt. 2

Description: Changes introduced by various Medicare Alternative Payment Models and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) have accelerated an existing market trend of shifting some of what has traditionally been considered “insurance risk” to providers. The Provider Risk Sharing Boot Camp will give attendees deeper insights into methods, current thinking, and alternative solutions that actuaries can use to help providers understand and manage the financial and actuarial risks that they are taking, many for the first time.

Description: This discussion looks at the causes of the increase of costs in medical care and what can be done to keep these costs under control. Form Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 30 AB.

Description: This is a discussion on the probable effects of medical advances in cardiovascular disease on longevity. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13 Pt. 2

Description: This session discusses rising health care costs and availability of coverage. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1982, Volume 8, No. 1.