Description: Feature article discussing actuaries’ view of the perfect health care reform package with an emphasis on funding/financing. Part 4 of a 4-part series.

Description: Experts discuss new strategies related to provider contracting and network management. Topics include various reimbursement approaches and risk-sharing arrangements, unique risk arrangements for certain provider specialties, unique risk managements for specific diseases, and the role of care management/care coordinators. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2. Session 59PD of the San Francisco Spring Meeting.