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  • To Err is Human, To Estimate is Actuarial
    the impact of medical errors on the U.S. health care system, the Health Section commissioned a research ... total measurable direct and indirect cost to the economy. Estimation methods;Health care costs; 9562 ...

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    • Authors: Steven Siegel
    • Date: Sep 2010
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Economics>Health economics; Experience Studies & Data; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining
  • An Interview with Susan Dentzer
    An Interview with Susan Dentzer Susan Dentzer, editor-in-chief of Health Affairs, discusses health ... health care and health policy. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act= PPACA=Affordable Care Act; ...

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    • Authors: Mary Kindel Van der Heijde, Douglas Norris
    • Date: Oct 2011
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Health & Disability>Health care
  • Chairperson’s Corner
    Section research projects and topics, including health care reform, complexity science, and strategic planning ... planning. Analytics and informatics;Health care reform; 25721 1/1/2011 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Judy L Strachan
    • Date: Jan 2011
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Health & Disability; Public Policy
  • New SOA Research Study Evaluates Cost Impact of Drug Therapy for Crohn’s Disease
    could play an important role in the national health care debate. Given the rapid increase in the cost of ... Shah. The research team proposed to compare health care utilization and expenditures between individuals ...

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    • Authors: Steven Siegel
    • Date: May 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Leadership>Professional network leverage; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Experience Studies & Data; Health & Disability>Chronic health management - Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Health care
  • Chairperson’s Corner
    papers on capital requirements under proposed health care reform and on proposed taxing of Cadillac plans ... health care delivery systems. American Academy of Actuaries=AAA;Capital management;Health care quality;Health ...

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    • Authors: Susan Pantely
    • Date: Feb 2010
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership>Influence; Professional Values>Public interest representation
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Public Policy
  • Reconvened Health Research Committee Ready for Action!
    general interest related to health care issues. With health care reform lead- ing the current administration’s ... the arcane twists and turns of the current health care system. Although health actuaries have ably navigated ...

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    • Authors: Steven Siegel
    • Date: May 2010
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Experience Studies & Data
  • Chairpersons Corner Actuaries Advancing Public Health
    not addressed in public health ends up in health care. Public health approaches the problem from two angles: ... delivery of high-tech, inter- ventionist health care, public health efforts have been responsible for ...

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    • Authors: Jim Toole
    • Date: May 2008
    • Competency: Professional Values>Public interest representation
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Public Policy
  • An Interview with Rick Foster
    Chairperson’s Corner By Judy Strachan 10 Accountable Care Organizations— How Actuaries Can Get Involved ... Tim Mahony 19 Boston Actuaries find that Health Care Reform is “More Than a Feeling” By Doug Norris ...

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    • Authors: Mary Kindel Van der Heijde, Douglas Norris
    • Date: Oct 2011
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Public Policy