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 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: 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 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.

Description: This 1991 panel discussion is about mid-size and large group medical issues, including: 1. Managing the underwriting cycle, 2. Effectively managing the risk, 3. Controlling medical costs, 4. Financial arrangements offered to control or shift risk [i.e., Administrative Services Only [ASO] and minimum premium contracts], and 5. The effect of the Resource-Based Relative Value Schedule [RBRVS] on provider fees and plan costs. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 4A.

Description: This panel at the SOA 1998 New York Annual Meeting discusses the history of HMOs with respect to actuarial support and looks at how actuaries can and should be involved in supporting HMOs.

Description: This session discussion is about plan design, pricing considerations, actual emerging experience, underwriting considerations, employee acceptance, success in meeting employers' objectives and Section 89 considerations. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 1.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting present current developments in both Medicare risk programs and Medicare supplement products.