Description: This session discussion is about state risk pools, Massachusetts programs, federal catastrophic coverage and mandated minimum health benefit coverage. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1987 Vol. 13, No. 4B.

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 panel discussion focuses on design and cost considerations of group health insurance including pricing, credibility formulas, cost containment, trends in morbidity experience, and improving cost effectiveness to the policyholder. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 6, No. 4.

Description: This 1992 panel discussion is about regulations proposed or adopted by the NAIC, the Health Insurance Association of America [HIAA], and states to regulate small group underwriting and rate guidelines. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1A.

Description: New technologies have created alternative treatments to improve vision and hearing. What are these technologies and their cost? Can these procedures be insured? What is the cost impact if covered? From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 2, Session 86

Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Vancouver Meeting addresses contracting to support various employee-choice and consumer-choice health plans. The panelists also discuss current issues and activity in provider contracting specific to hospital inpatient, hospital outpatient and physician services, including tiered network approaches. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1998 Maui II Spring Meeting discuss prescription drug issues including the drivers or cost, employer response to increasing costs, and how this issue is addressed in mergers and acquisitions of pharmaceutical companies.

Description: This panel will discuss the current status of NAIC activities with respect to risk-based capital RBC. The potential impact on financial reporting with respect to health products, specifically, indemnity, HMO, disability, and nontraditional products will also be discussed. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol.21, No. 4a.

Description: This is a panel discussion session examining the future of individual comprehensive medical expense insurance including trends, state regulation, plan design, and financial experience. From Record Of The Society Of Actuaries Volume 8, Number 4

Description: This 1992 discussion is about the resource-based relative value scale [RBRVS]- where it is and where it's going, and its impact on trends, Medicare supplemental coverage, indemnity plans, and health cost projections. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1A.