Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Washington Annual Meeting discuss the actuarial, business, clinical, and ethical issues related to physician ownership of health plans.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting discusses national health policy issues in the U.S. and the impact of these issues on the private health insurance business. Issues include health insurance for the unemployed, non-paying patients and cost shifting, competition versus regulation and DRG prospective pricing for Medicare.

Description: On January 1, 1999, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners adopted a new model regulation addressing risk-based capital for managed care organizations. This presentation from Session 16OF of the SOA 1999 San Francisco Annual Meeting discusses the features of this regulation and what has been learned in the months since its adoption. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2000 Las Vegas Spring Meeting discuss the various models for providing dental insurance and the pricing implications of each.

Description: This session addressed the following regarding benefit plan design to control claim costs: What has been tried? What works? and What else can be tried?

Description: Panelelists at this session of the SOA 1998 New York Annual Meeting discuss a range of issues related to the Health Plan Employer Effectiveness Data Information Set [HEDIS] including benefit choices and performance measures.

Description: This session will discuss the role of actuaries under national health insurance, role of the Canadian health actuaries under that national program and how actuaries can shape the health-care environment in the U.S.. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 4B.

Description: This panel at the SOA 1998 Maui II Spring Meeting discusses Medicare Supplement Insurance, the changes created by OBRA 1990, and how the market will be impacted by changes from the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1998 Maui II Spring Meeting discuss the purpose and expectations for medical savings accounts [MSA] at the time the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was enacted, and whether these expectations have been achieved.

Description: This 1991 open forum discussion is about the resource-based relative value scale [RBRVS] and its impact on physician fee trends [Medicare and non-Medicare], physician specialization, utilization, Medicare supplement plans, employer plans [active and retired], HMOs, and physicians and senior citizens. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3A.