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: 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: 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 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 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 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: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, San Diego. In this session the panelists provided five different perspectives of small-group health insurance reform. Perspectives included: 1. Legislative issues perspective. 2. A small group insurance company perspective. 3. The employer perspective. 4. The reinsurance perspective. 5. The compliance perspective.

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