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Comparing Model Error Between a Standard Risk Adjustment Model and a Disease-Specific Risk Adjustment Model
discussing how the pursuit of value-based care as a consequence of health care reform laws such as the Affordable ... Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Medicare Modernization Act has accelerated the use of risk adjustment and ...- Authors: Andrew Mackenzie, Ian G Duncan
- Date: Dec 2020
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability
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The Potential of Infra-Low Frequency Neurofeedback to Reduce Medical Claim Costs and Dramatically Improve Patients’ Lives
The Potential of Infra-Low Frequency Neurofeedback to Reduce Medical Claim Costs and Dramatically Improve ... Improve Patients’ Lives The article documents the efficacy of infra-low frequency neurofeedback regarding ...- Date: Jul 2023
- Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Health insurance
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Better Care Through Understanding the Customer Not Just the Patient
As actuaries in health care, we spend most of our time focused on reviewing claims, enrollment and clinical ... patients are in health care facilities. Yet most people spend only a small fraction of their time in these ...- Authors: James Dolstad, Craig Cartossa, Justin Hartmann
- Date: Dec 2021
- Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Health & Disability>Payment models; Predictive Analytics; Health & Disability>Provider networks; Health & Disability>Provider risk; Predictive Analytics>Modeling techniques
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Telehealth at a Crossroads
health care, telehealth was largely provided by third-party vendors to treat a narrow range of acute one-and-done ... one-and-done conditions. The value proposition was simple: a fast and easy member experience would drive ...- Authors: Kirsten Staveland, Brian Parkinson
- Date: Dec 2021
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability; Public Policy
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A Look at Top Health Care Systems Around the World
A Look at Top Health Care Systems Around the World What can the United States learn from other countries' ... countries' health care systems? How are other countries more efficient? We selected five countries that have ...- Authors: Traci Leigh Hughes, Gail Stone
- Date: May 2021
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Global Perspectives; Health & Disability
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Navigate through Risk-Based Capital with Success
Introduce basic concepts of the Health Risk-Based Capital and show case a few strategies around Risk-Based ...- Authors: Karena Weikel, Jinjun (Sophia) Yu
- Date: Dec 2021
- Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Actuarial Profession; Finance & Investments
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Restoring the Indifference Ideal: If It’s Not Adjusting for “Risk,” It’s Not “Risk Adjustment”
Restoring the Indifference Ideal: If It’s Not Adjusting for “Risk,” It’s Not “Risk Adjustment” ACA risk ... risk adjustment is intended to "bridge the gap" between allowed rates and actuarial rates. If risk adjustment ...- Authors: Greg Fann
- Date: Jun 2022
- Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Experience Studies & Data; Health & Disability>Health care
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Additional Actuarial Perspectives on Prescription Drug Financing
development of and regulatory impact, economic impact and consumer impact of prescription drugs in the United ... cost of care increases By Gregory Warren Health Watch, May 2021 This article first appeared in The Actuary magazine ...- Authors: Gregory L Warren
- Date: Apr 2021
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Health & Disability>Public financing - Health & Disability
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A Mental Health State of the Union
Health State of the Union This article is intended to inform readers about the current state of mental health ... health and health care in the US, as were it's heading moving forward. Mental health care, wellness, major ...- Authors: Traci Leigh Hughes
- Date: May 2023
- Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Health care
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Opportunities for Bundling Medicare Supplement and Short-Term Care: The Perfect Match?
Short-Term Care: The Perfect Match? This article describes Medicare Supplement and short-term care products ... explore the concept that these two products—when offered together—may provide a complementary hedge of certain ...- Authors: Kenneth J Clark, Robert T Eaton
- Date: Mar 2021
- Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Rates - Health & Disability; Long-term Care>Long-term care pricing; Long-term Care>Rates - Long-term Care; Long-term Care>Termination - Long-term Care