Description: This session discussion is about who is the health care manager, how is health care management evaluated, ethical considerations, malpractice liability and data systems support. Inlcudes a discussion on gatekeepers, provider contracting, utilization management, benefit design, DRG creep, long-term care, From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1987 Vol. 13, No. 1.

Description: In this session at the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting, panelists discuss how managed care dental programs work, the actuarial issues, quality issues, and the perspective of the dentist.

Description: Discusses components of health-care inflation and their impact on health-insurance products. These components include: utilization trends, consumer price index [CPI] changes, regional variation. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: Panelists discuss the current trend environment and estimating future trend. From the Record of the SOA, Vol. 29, No. 2, Session 52

Description: Presented at May 2000 Spring Meeting. Many long-term-care insurers are outsourcing administrative functions to management organizations. The panelists discuss the reasons for this outsourcing, the functions that can be outsourced, financial incentives for vendors, criteria for selecting a vendor, monitoring performance and other aspects of the business relationship.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting discuss the types of health care reform ideas and how they are analyzed, the specific programs currently in proposed legislation, and the role of the American Academy of Actuaries in the process.

Description: Attendees learn about the Patient's Bill of Rights, pressures on managed care programs and the strategies being used to address the changing dynamics of the managed care environments. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 116

Description: Presented at April 1986 Spring Meeting. Defines programs related to providing long-term care for the aging population through Life Care Societies 'LCS', nursing care products, Continuing Care Retirement Communities, etc. and actuarial considerations related to LCS in establishing funding requirements and evaluating liabilities.

Description: At this presentation from Session 7PD of the SOA 1996 Colorado Springs Meeting, the panelists comment on the value they place on ensuring proper management of risk, contract preparation, underwriting and claim handling for long-term care policies. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 2.

Description: This session provides an exploration of the asset side as presenters discuss appropriate investment policies for LTC and asset/liability matching. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 116