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  • New SOA Material Addresses Hot Health Topics
    New SOA Material Addresses Hot Health Topics Article presents new course readings that cover hot health topics that will expand actuarial expertise in the Health Systems practice area. Group ...

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    • Authors: Richard S Bilisoly
    • Date: Jun 1993
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Long-term Care
  • Health Care Cost Trends
    Health Care Cost Trends Panelists discuss the current trend environment and estimating future trend. From the Record of the SOA, Vol. 29, No. 2, Session 52 Health care costs;Managed care; 18412 6 ...

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    • Authors: Charles S Fuhrer, Peter Reilly, Lisa Tourville, Brian Small
    • Date: Jun 2003
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • The Bottom Line on BehavioralHealth Care Costs
    The Bottom Line on BehavioralHealth Care Costs This article reviews the cost of behavioral health care and looks at how the involvement of Primary Care Physicians leads to a less efficient and ...

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    • Authors: Stephen P Melek
    • Date: Mar 2005
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • The Formulary Decision Process:What Are They Doing in There and Can Actuaries Help?
    The Formulary Decision Process:What Are They Doing in There and Can Actuaries Help? This article looks at pharmacy benefit management and the use of data, reviews standard pharmacoeconomic ...

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    • Authors: Jonathan L Shreve, Jill Van Den Bos, John Watkins, Kristin Reed
    • Date: Mar 2005
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • SOA Releases New Long-Term Health Care Cost Trends Resource Model
    SOA Releases New Long-Term Health Care Cost Trends Resource Model SOA’s Pension and Health Sections recently released a new resource model for projecting health care trends through the year 2099.

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    • Authors: Steven Siegel
    • Date: May 2008
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • Health Care Trends
    Health Care Trends This session discussion is about the effect of changes in medical practices and technology, effect of cost shifting, measurement and analysis and employers' perspective.

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    • Authors: Edward Coldwell, Charles S Fuhrer, Nancy F Nelson, Charles J Sherfey, Allen Sorbo, Jacqulynn Abdella Nentwig
    • Date: Oct 1989
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • Seasonal Flu Impacts: Flu Science Meets Actuarial Science
    Seasonal Flu Impacts: Flu Science Meets Actuarial Science Influenza overview (virus types, health impacts, vaccination process/efficacy) and how actuaries can incorporate basic flu knowledge into ...

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    • Authors: Bethany McAleer
    • Date: Oct 2018
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • Calibrating Risk Score Model with Partial Credibility
    Calibrating Risk Score Model with Partial Credibility This article describes a method that can be useful when re-fitting a risk score model to a population of only moderate size. Learn how to use ...

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    • Authors: Sheamus Parkes, Bradley Armstrong
    • Date: Jul 2015
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Bayesian methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Regression analysis; Predictive Analytics
  • Health Watch, Issue 79, December 2015, Health Watch
    Health Watch, Issue 79, December 2015, Health Watch Health Watch, Issue 79, December 2015, Health Watch Critical illness insurance;Ethics;Health reserves;Health Research;Cause-of-death mortality; ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Dec 2015
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership>Influence; Professional Values>Ethical standards; Relationship Management>Team leadership; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Disability; Health & Disability>Critical illness insurance; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Regression analysis; Technology & Applications>Computer science
  • Calibrating Risk Score Model with Partial Credibility
    Calibrating Risk Score Model with Partial Credibility by Shea Parkes and Brad Armstrong Learn how to use concepts like ridge regression to train a model with partial credibility. Predictive ...
    • Authors: Sheamus Parkes, Brad Armstrong
    • Date: Oct 2015
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Bayesian methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods; Predictive Analytics