Description: Part II of a two-part series discussing individual market evolution from before the ACA through President Trump's first term.

Description: Essay reforming management in health care, structure of reimbursement, program management, health information, measurement systems, etc.

Description: Panelists discuss key aspects of recent and pending laws and the cost and design implications on group health plans. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: Panel covers a variety of current issues in the Medicare supplement marketplace, including the impact of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Issues affecting both managed care and traditional Medicare supplement are discussed. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: Recent health care reform activity has highlighted the importance of Clinical Integration in improving the quality, safety, efficiency and reimbursement infrastructure of the health care system. This article discusses relevance and implication of regulatory measures, implementation and data issues, and provides an end-to-end example.

Description: This article summarizes the presentations by the Society of Actuaries and the Academy of Actuaries at the January 2015 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) Roundtables in Washington DC. SOA presented on the 2014 SOA monograph series "The Link between Retirement Security and Long-Term Care."

Description: Discussion of some of the debated aspects of the new health care law from an actuarial principles perspective.

Description: Successful healthcare reform: First, it must help that must keep healthy people healthy. Second, it must help people mitigate or eliminate the health-risks associated with unhealthy lifestyle behavior choices, and Third, it must ensure the provision of evidence-based care to those who are ill.

Description: This is a summary of topics discussed at the 1996 Bowles Symposium: “The Old Age Crisis: Actuarial Opportunities,” September 26-27, 1996, at Georgia State University, Atlanta.

Description: Since health care reform has made accountable care organizations a hot topic, an SOA workgroup is addressing relevant questions, including provider risk under various ACO models, limitations of the Medicare model for motivating change in the health care delivery system, strategic priorities, attribution of members, meaurement, and the roles actuaries can play.