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: 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: This editorial reviews the benefits of managed care, notes the public pressure to relax controls around this system and the expected cost impact of doing so.

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.

Description: In spite of the growing need for long-term care financing, recent sales are stagnant and the number of insurance companies offering long-term care insurance is dwindling. This article examines some of the shortcomings of today’s product and suggests a different approach.

Description: This is a panel discussion about the future of health care and health care insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1968, Vol. 20 Pt. 2, No. 58

Description: In this session, panelists present their views on the future of managed care in light of the current environment. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 118

Description: Discussion of Alternative or Integrative Care - Fundamental themes, market demand, recent activity, developing an alternative care program, pricing benefits Issue No. 34.

Description: Physicians and hospital representatives will discuss their views on health care reform, insurance companies and managed care. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 20, No. 3A.

Description: This session discusses affordable health care including cost drivers, trends, the uninsured, federal funding and state initiatives. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 109