Description: This discussion looks at the causes of the increase of costs in medical care and what can be done to keep these costs under control. Form Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 30 AB.

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: Presented at May 2000 Spring Meeting. Some companies are planning to increase sales and lower expenses by packaging the sale of long-term-care coverage with complementary products. Life and annuity combinations, market positioning, product features and product development issues are discussed.

Description: This presentation from Session 86PD of the SOA 1996 Orlando Annual Meeting provides the physician perspective on ethical questions resulting from utilization review decisions infringing on physician decisions in providing health care. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 3.

Description: Panelists discuss issues arising from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 1.

Description: This session discussion is about methods of managing care, what methods have been most effective, experience to date under managed care products, are savings being generated, employer acceptance of managed care products, provider acceptance of managed care products, what will future managed care programs look like. Includes a discussion on utilization review and management, From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1988 Vol. 14, No. 1.

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: The main purpose on this panel discussion is to deal with certain actions which private health insurance must take if the threat of socialized medicine and state health insurance is to be overcome. The panelists address the following issues: 1. How hospital and medical care needs are being met [or can be met] by health insurance plans, 2. The role of local, state and federal government agencies, and 3. The relations of hospitals and the medical profession. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 30 AB.

Description: With the creation of 'qualified' long-term-care plans behind us, companies now have additional information regarding interpretations from the Treasury Department, regulations and directives from insurance departments, and feedback from the consumer. This presentation from Session 128PD of the SOA 1999 San Francisco Annual Meeting looks at what has been learned in the past two years about long-term care insurance and what state and federal regulatory changes may be on the horizon. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.