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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
  • 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
  • In the Event of a Pandemic, What Can be Done?
    population are aligned. Reducing morbidity and mortality, proactively preparing for a pandemic, and the ... assets? ● Insurance risk — how will increased mortality and morbidity affect this? ● Counterparty risk ...

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    • Authors: Max Rudolph
    • Date: Nov 2006
    • Competency: Communication>Active listening
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health risks
  • Session 027: Public Health: Ignite!
    Kuruna T, Sax R, Hawthorne M, Hamblin A, Turner S, Mate K, Sevin C, Cullen K. Blueprint for complex ... Kuruna T, Sax R, Hawthorne M, Hamblin A, Turner S, Mate K, Sevin C, Cullen K. Blueprint for complex ...

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    • Authors: Kevin Dotson, John Mange, Leanne Metcalfe, Rebecca Owen, Marjorie Rosenberg, Shereen Sayre, Sara Teppema, Jim Toole, Joseph Wurzburger
    • Date: Jul 2019
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health risks
  • Rationing Health Care
    Rationing Health Care This session is about rationing health care. From Record of Society ... less than 1% of total health care spendingin the U.S. So, I'm not sure that is the problem, as such; it's ...

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    • Authors: Gregory Benesh, Howard Kurpit, Janet Carstens, Martin Gaynor, John B Crosby
    • Date: Oct 1992
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Professional Values>Ethical standards; Professional Values>Public interest representation
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Public Policy; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Medicaid