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 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: 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 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: Insurers have been getting out of the individual medical expense market. This session will address the implications of such a decision: Nature of the problem Viability of individual medical products Challenge to the actuary Consequences of withdrawal Alternatives of withdrawal. Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 2 at Salt Lake City

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: This session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting covers trends in health group products and experience, including managed care, PPO's, HMO's, POS's and PHO's. It also covers new developments in group long term disability products. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3a.