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  • Bariatric Surgery Holds Promise for Patients and for Payors
    Health estimate approxi- mately one-third of the U.S. adult population is now obese, with a body mass ... kilograms divided by height in meters squared. From 2000 to 2005 alone, the obesity rate increased by 24 ...

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    • Authors: John Dawson, Pierre-Yves Cremieux, Arindam Ghosh
    • Date: Jan 2011
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Experience Studies & Data; Health & Disability>Health risks; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining
  • Premiums in Regional Health Alliances Under the Clinton Administration's Proposed Health Security Act
    Premiums in Regional Health Alliances Under the Clinton Administration's Proposed ... Health Alliances Under the Clinton Administration's Proposed Health Security Act This actuarial memorandum ...

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    • Authors: P Anthony Hammond
    • Date: Jan 1995
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations
    • Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Public Policy; Public Policy
  • Modeling Anti-selective Lapse and Optimal Pricing in Individual and Small Group Health Insurance
    conditions that if =M, then L =1/2 and vice versa. S is an “s”-shaped monotonically increasing function with ... if z=1. A special case for S is a step function with S(z)=0 if z <1, S(z) =1 if z >1 and if z=1 (Figure ...

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    • Authors: D Wei
    • Date: Feb 2010
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health risks; Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics