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  • Health Care Challenges in Remote Areas: A Good Example

    Health Care Challenges in Remote Areas: A Good Example Discusses challenges faced by the people living in the remote town of Brewster, Nebraska. 5/1/2020 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Timothy Adams
    • Date: May 2020
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability
  • Ebola - Not the next Pandemic?

    Ebola - Not the next Pandemic? Discussion on Ebola, how it spreads and whether or not it is an epidemic or pandemic. Health reinsurance;Health care;Health risks 6442459381 1/1/2015 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Ross Campbell
    • Date: Jan 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Reinsurance>Financial reinsurance; Reinsurance>General reinsurance
  • Up Front with the SOA Staff Fellow

    Up Front with the SOA Staff Fellow Joe Wurzburger, Staff Fellow at the SOA, shares his views and insights about the health care industry in general and the Health Section's role in ...

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    • Authors: Joseph Wurzburger
    • Date: Nov 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance
  • Telemedicine: What Actuaries Should Look For

    Telemedicine: What Actuaries Should Look For This article explores telemedicine's impact on the health care system, health care costs, and actuarial pricing. health insurance;Health Care ...

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    • Authors: Traci Leigh Hughes
    • Date: Jun 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance
  • Surprises in the No Surprises Act: An Interview with Greg Fann

    Surprises in the No Surprises Act: An Interview with Greg Fann This article is an update on the No Surprises Act, which is a U.S. Act aimed to reduce the risk that a person unexpectedly receives ...

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    • Authors: Kristi Bohn
    • Date: Aug 2024
    • Competency: Communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Public Policy; Public Policy; Health & Disability>Claims - Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Provider networks
  • Health Watch, November 2016, Issue 81

    Health Watch, November 2016, Issue 81 Read the November 2016 issue of Health Watch published by the Health Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Nov 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Public Policy; Public Policy
  • Opioid Mortality

    Opioid Mortality Opioids overdoses have contributed to increases in mortality among white American. This article gives some detail on the speed and the reach of the epidemic. Causes of Death; ...

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    • Authors: Rebecca Owen
    • Date: Mar 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Demography>Mortality - Demography; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Health & Disability>Health insurance
  • Provider Risk-Sharing and Random Noise

    Provider Risk-Sharing and Random Noise Discussion and Opinion on how randomness affects measurement of provider contracting risk-sharing agreements 7/3/2019 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Thomas Messer
    • Date: Jul 2019
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Payment models; Health & Disability>Provider networks; Health & Disability>Provider risk
  • New Assessment Program for PPOs

    New Assessment Program for PPOs New NCQA Quality Assessment Program for PPOs discussing rationale and performance meansurements, Issue No. 38. Preferred provider organization=PPO; 9372 8/1/2000 ...

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    • Authors: Louis Lana
    • Date: Aug 2000
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care quality
  • Letter from the EditorGreetings to All Health Actuaries!

    Letter from the EditorGreetings to All Health Actuaries! Letter from the Editor Greetings to All Health Actuaries! by Jeffrey D. Miller from Health Section News, April 2001, Issue No. 40. 9382 ...

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    • Authors: Jeffrey Miller
    • Date: Apr 2001
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability