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Human Nature and the US Health Care System, Part I
strategic interactions of those who participate in the U.S. health care system, understand the root causes of ... confuse them—Harry Truman What is the problem with the U.S. health care system? Answering this question is important ...- Authors: Carlos Eduardo Fuentes
- Date: Feb 2018
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance
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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 ...- 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
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Profiling Physician Performance
__________________________________ *Copyright © 2000, Society of Actuaries †Mr. Myers, not a member ... perspective. Dave is a vice president with Aetna U.S. Healthcare and one of their leaders in their strategic ...- Authors: Joel C Hoffman, David Josephson, David Terry, John C Vataha, Kelly Myers
- Date: Jun 1999
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Regression analysis; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation
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Medicare Managed Care Organizations: Getting a Bigger Bang for the Buck
and home care are scheduled to be in place by 2000. These changes will result in the need for many ... intended to be budget neutral. Also, in the year 2000 there will be risk status adjustment. All of these ...- Authors: Oscar Lucas, Peggy Tyndall
- Date: Jun 1998
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Social Insurance>Medicare
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New Member Impact on Medicaid Managed Care Costs
unemployment increases in their geographic region (see Table 1). The markets studied included Arizona, Maryland ... have, on average, higher health care costs (see Table 2) the study showed that the proportion of short– ...- Authors: Bela H Patel Fernandez, Jeffrey L Smith
- Date: Feb 2010
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Experience Studies & Data>Morbidity; Social Insurance>Government-funded healthcare; Social Insurance>Medicaid
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From The Editor
role that passion can play in your career read Jay’s article. “The Actuarial Profession in the Age of Artificial ... because human beings cannot control Fortuna (“it’s Olympic Zeus himself who hands our fortunes out”) ...
- Authors: Carlos Eduardo Fuentes
- Date: Nov 2017
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Economics>Health economics; Economics>Macroeconomics; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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Review: “Health Insurance for ‘Humans’: Information Friction
HEALTH INSURANCE Currently, more than 80 percent 1 of large U.S. employers offer their employees, either as one ... switch for each of the four models presented in Table 6. The results for both the types model and the ...- Authors: Christopher Coulter, Kathleen Dobrzynski, Tyler Engel, Dorothy Andrews
- Date: Nov 2016
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Economics>Behavioral economics; Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care
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Twenty-Four-Hour Health Coverage
the United Kingdom. Finally, I will discuss some U.S. statistics to place the issue in perspective. CANADA ... 75% of BBG is approximately 61,000 DM or $40,000 U.S. or $48,000 Canadian. Private sector employees earningabove ...- Authors: James E Drennan, Godfrey Perrott, Eric C Nordman
- Date: Oct 1992
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Disability insurance; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Public Policy; Reinsurance>Product development - Reinsurance
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Health Care Financing Systems Around the World
program for our meetings. This reminds me of what one U.S. surgeon general said. She said that, for health ... political CPA fund. l forget how many billions of U.S. dollars-probably $90 or $100 billion- were lost ...- Authors: Chiu-Cheng Chang
- Date: Jun 1998
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Global Perspectives; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Payment models; Public Policy