Description: Realizing the impact of medical errors on the U.S. health care system, the Health Section commissioned a research project to measure the annual frequency of medical errors and their total measurable direct and indirect cost to the economy.

Description: This article details the medical stop-loss coverages purchased by HMOs, small insurers and providers taking delegated financial risk in payor agreements. Along the way we will identify strategies purchasers often use to save money on medical stop-loss.

Description: The article documents the efficacy of infra-low frequency neurofeedback regarding how it improves patient no show rates, decreases mental health symptoms by 40% or more, and self-harm and suicidal ideations.

Description: An excerpt from a presentation at the 2014 Living to 100 Symposium, this article describes an open-source model for use by actuaries attempting to estimate future health benefit costs, discusses its strengths and limitations, and projects that spending for those age over 65 will take more than $13 trillion by 2055, about 50 percent of total medical expenditures.

Description: This article examines two general approaches to pricing The Forecast Approach and the Rebuilding Approach. The author then supplies the reader with the best approach. From Health Watch Newsletter, March 2005, Issue No. 49.

Description: Summary of results of a 2010 Health Section survey of actuaries and Medicare population, on ways to bend the cost trend curve downward. Issues included transparency, quality measures, fraud and abuse, provider payment, malpractice, medical errors, consumer education, and the pros and cons of employer-sponsored coverage.

Description: A preview of the contents of the latest issue, including essays & interviews related to health care reform, provider reimbursements, rate filing review, and medical errors.

Description: Overview of plans designed to cover out-of-pocket medical costs as a supplement to major medical coverage.

Description: The process of setting initial and renewal premium rates for small group medical block of business using risk characteristics. Presents three pricing schemes and compares profitability Following the Curve, Lowest Best Rate and Highest Worst Rate.

Description: Pricing small group medical coverage under reform laws using debit manual and risk factors. Issue No. 45.