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Medicare Managed Care Organizations: Getting a Bigger Bang for the Buck
Medicare Managed Care Organizations: Getting a Bigger Bang for the Buck Panel discusses the effects of reduced payment levels to many Medicare managed care organizations. From the Record of the ...- Authors: Oscar Lucas, Peggy Tyndall
- Date: Jun 1998
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Social Insurance>Medicare
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Controlling Our Behavior
Controlling Our Behavior This article describes behavioral finance and its relevance in identifying analytics and processes suitable for a control environment for the actuarial aspects of an ...- Authors: Mark Griffin
- Date: Jan 2015
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Economics>Behavioral economics; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
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Consumers to the Rescue? A Primer on HDHPs and HSAs
Consumers to the Rescue? A Primer on HDHPs and HSAs This article examines the history, theory, and effectiveness of high-deductible health plans and health savings accounts. Consumer driven ...- Authors: Fritz Busch, Barbara Collier, Jason Karcher , Steven Phillips
- Date: Mar 2019
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance
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Profiling Physician Performance
Profiling Physician Performance Panelists discuss the methods HMOs employ to measure their providers' quality of care, outcomes, compliance with best practice guidelines, and cost ...- Authors: Joel C Hoffman, David Josephson, David Terry, John C Vataha, Kelly Myers
- Date: Jun 1999
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Regression analysis; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation
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A Portfolio Approach to Retirement Income Security
A Portfolio Approach to Retirement Income Security Retirees and their advisors should construct diversified portfolios of retirement income, allocating among various retirement income classes ...- Authors: Steven Vernon
- Date: May 2016
- Competency: Communication>Difficult message delivery; Communication>Persuasive communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Leadership>Thought leadership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Pension Section News
- Topics: Annuities>Fixed annuities; Annuities>Individual annuities; Annuities>Investment strategy - Annuities; Demography>Longevity; Economics>Behavioral economics; Finance & Investments>Asset allocation; Pensions & Retirement>Defined contribution and 401k plans
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Survey of FAS 87 Assumptions
Survey of FAS 87 Assumptions Results and discussion of a survey of FAS 87 Assumptions employed for non- USA defined benefit plans as of 12/31/1996 Assumptions;Capital markets=Stock market;Defined ...- Authors: FRANCIS ROGER ATKINS
- Date: Jun 1998
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: International News
- Topics: Economics>Macroeconomics; Global Perspectives; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Pension accounting
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Modeling Anti-selective Lapse and Optimal Pricing in Individual and Small Group Health Insurance
Modeling Anti-selective Lapse and Optimal Pricing in Individual and Small Group Health Insurance A new health insurance pricing model takes external market prices into account, as well as ...- Authors: D Wei
- Date: Feb 2010
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health risks; Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
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A General Framework for Financial Decisions
A General Framework for Financial Decisions This paper presents a generalization of the principal current methods of financial decision making. In the way physical sciences benefit from new ...- Authors: Oakley E Van Slyke
- Date: Jan 1995
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Economics>Financial economics
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Long-Term Disability Buyouts
Long-Term Disability Buyouts Panel session exploring a variety of issues connected to long-term disability reserve buyouts, including: · Advantages and risks for buyers and sellers · ...- Authors: Michael Gabon, Stephen Mitchell, Daniel D Skwire
- Date: Oct 2000
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Disability insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Reinsurance>Reserving - Reinsurance
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A New Contingency Consumer Price Index
A New Contingency Consumer Price Index This article examines Consumer Price Index, how it works and some considerations when using it in financial agreements. Inflation; 11552 9/1/1968 12:00:00 ...- Authors: John H Biggs
- Date: Sep 1968
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Economics>Financial economics