Description: This presentation from Session 15 of the SOA 2005 Health/Pension Spring Meeting discusses current developments affecting health plan contracting with institutional, professional and ancillary providers. Specific questions addressed are: 1. What are the trends in financial arrangements sought by providers?, 2. Has consolidation changed negotiating strategies?, 3. Has technology affected the types of financial arrangements available?, and 4.How can actuaries assist in the analytical/negotiating process?

Description: A panel of actuaries and clinical consultants at this session of the SOA 2003 Vancouver Spring Meeting provides an assessment of current and future applications of predictive modeling techniques in the health arena. A practical example of risk adjustment, discussion of the clinical use of this technique, and applications in underwriting are discussed.

Description: This teaching session provides a summary of publicly available data and information sources for health actuaries. Several of the more useful resources are reviewed in detail. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 15

Description: Presented at October 2000 Annual Meeting. Discusses the marketing of voluntary benefits to employee groups and addresses key success factors for distribution, product, and technology associated with the work-site marketing distribution channel.

Description: In session 120 PD of the Las Vegas Spring Meeting panelists discuss new developments and strategies related to provider contracting. What changes in the risk-sharing arrangements are occurring? What contracting methodologies have been successful and what ones have not? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 1.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting discuss Internet resources that may be useful to health actuaries and hints on how to best access data.

Description: The panel will present a discussion by several experts on reform activity at the state level, including a review of some initial results. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: Society of Actuaries SOA research and activity on health databases will be presented. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3b.

Description: This session discussion is about medical technology: trends and proliferation of medical technology, its impact, future, employer strategies to limit exposure, considerations of containing utilization of various procedures and technology. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1A.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting looks at the outlook over the next 10 years of employee benefits. The effect on the role of the actuary is discussed.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Salt Lake City Meeting discusses the small and mini-group market including trends in plan design, underwriting strategies, approaches to marketing compensation and claim cost containment strategies. Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 2

Description: This session discussed A successful HMO An emerging PPO A dynamic employer coalition An industry-sponsored wellness at the worksite program. Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 2 at Salt Lake City

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the small group and mini-group market, specifically the trends in plan design, underwriting strategies, approaches to marketing compensation and claim cost containment strategies.

Description: This session is about the successful HMO, A dynamic employer coalition, An emerging dental PPO and An industry-sponsored wellness at the worksite program.