Description: This article describes and, more importantly, identifies information systems which are either in existence or planned on the national, state, and local levels. It describes the data available on the national level from the National Center for Health Statistics, the 05ce of Research and Statistics of the Social Security Administration, the AMA, the AHA, etc. It also describes a number of state and local information systems and addresses itself to information systems for inpatient care, ambulatory care, and the needs and likely sources of data for PSRO’s.

Description: The ACA’s Medical Loss Ratio Provisions

Description: Summary of SOA initiative on preparing and positioning actuaries to move into new roles which are becoming available as the health care industry changes.

Description: Read the March 2017 issue of Health Watch, published by the Health Section. Practical information for actuaries, articles impact sections, section activities.

Description: A Discussion of why female mortality is higher than male mortality at higher ages.

Description: Read the February 2018 issue of Health Watch, published by the Health Section. Practical information for actuaries, articles impact sections, section activities.

Description: This is the Health Section News, August 2005, Issue 50 and discusses accessing and using public data: A primer for the health actuary. Health data no longer is an afterthought but it is an essential component of health care delivery, payment and decisions.

Description: Collective Health plan sponsors found that concierge services and enhanced digital tools produced lower trend by helping members navigate more intelligently.

Description: Mental health spending has reached $147 billion in the United States with demand only increasing greatly impacting society as nearly 1 in 5 experience these issues. There are even more indirect costs associated with mental health causing a national crisis surpassing 1 percent of the GDP. These costs coupled with the severe lack of licensed clinicians calls for an innovative solution. Through years of development and completion of a randomized controlled trial, Prevail has built and validated a low-cost, scalable solution. Prevail's clinically proven digital mental health treatment provides increased access to care while reducing overall health costs. Private and public payors should being reimbursing this model and offering it to their members.