Description: This is a panel discussion session on health services companies - HMO, self-funded, PPO - compared to traditional health insurers the advantages and disadvantages, and long term prospects for survival associated with each type of carrier. From the Record of the SOA 1983 Vol. 9 No. 1

Description: This session at the SOA 1989 Chicago Spring Meeting focuses on mental health care, including issues with treatment, managing cost, benefit structures, managed care concepts and utilization review.

Description: This 1991 panel discussion is about PPOs- what they are, how they fit into the current managed care environment, how they fit into different markets, what products they compete against, their effectiveness at controlling medical costs, their effectiveness at meeting employer needs, and what to expect in the future. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3B.

Description: This session is about rationing health care. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 4A.

Description: This session discussion is about managed mental health, substance abuse, prescription drug, and vision benefits. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 1B.

Description: This session discussion is about hospital strategies in delivering and financing care, physician reaction to current market, physician strategies in delivering and financing care, and provider reaction to managed care programs. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1987 Vol. 13, No. 1.

Description: This panel discussion session focuses on innovative health insurance plan design. Items discussed include programs that change behavior, eliminating coverage for items that are not medically necessary, and the Voluntary Cost Containment Program of the Health Insurance Association. Record of the SOA, Vol. 5 No. 3

Description: This panel discussion occurred at the SOA's 1980 June Meeting in San Diego and covered National Health Insurance. It addressed Canadian exprience and related it to potential U.S. National Health Care. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 6, No. 3.

Description: This presentation from Session 86PD of the SOA 1996 Colorado Springs Meeting is about disease management. The panelists address the following questions: What is disease management? Who is leading the disease management effort and what are the objectives? From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 2.

Description: This session discussion is about employer mandates, state regulations [retirement communities & HMOs, NAIC rate regulation exposure draft ], relations with regulators and relations with health care providers. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3A.