Description: This session will discuss the role of actuaries under national health insurance, role of the Canadian health actuaries under that national program and how actuaries can shape the health-care environment in the U.S.. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 4B.

Description: This session is about managed workers' compensation/24-hour health care current activities, legal considerations, casualty actuary perspective, and potential role of utilization review organizations. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 1A.

Description: This presentation from Session 71PD of the SOA 1996 Colorado Springs Meeting discusses demutalization, mergers of health maintenance organizations [HMOs], and conversion from nonprofit to for-profit. It also addresses the question: How does an actuary value HMOs? From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 2.

Description: This session discussion is about what factors affect the small employer's choice of programs, how may the small employer capitalize on recent developments in managed health care, what problems do insurance companies have in marketing and communicating their plans to small employers, are partially self-insured benefits a threat or an opportunity for carriers in this market. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 12, No. 1.

Description: Presented at April 1986 Spring Meeting. Addresses costs, cost measurement and control, how target cost levels are established, and the cost/benefit perceptions of employers.

Description: Panelists discuss the various managed-care alternatives as well as ways to evaluate their effectiveness. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4A.

Description: This session discussion is about dimensions of AIDS and health insurance products. From Record of the Society of Actuaries1988 Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: This session's discussion is about maintenance of effort provisions, benefit demands of employers, unbundling of services, new funding techniques and multiple options versus adverse selection. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 1.

Description: This session at a SOA 1990 Spring Meeting is about open ended managed care plans from various perspectives including structure, marketing and actuarial issues.

Description: The presenters will provide updates on research being conducted under SOA sponsorship. This includes projects on the topics of Direct Primary Care and Patient Centered Medical Homes.