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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 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
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Defining Best-In-Market Health Opportunities
Defining Best-In-Market Health Opportunities Panelists discuss employers' perspective of defining strategies to identify best-in-market opportunities. From the Record of the Society of ...- Authors: Dale Yamamoto, Mindy S Kairey
- Date: Jun 1998
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health insurance
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Designing and Communicating Retirement Plans for "Humans"
Designing and Communicating Retirement Plans for "Humans" This essay advocates that the transition from DB to DC plans won't be complete until plan sponsors offer programs ...- 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; Demography>Longevity; Economics>Behavioral economics; Finance & Investments>Asset allocation