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  • Accessing and Using Public Data:A Primer for the Health Actuary

    Accessing and Using Public Data:A Primer for the Health Actuary This is the Health Section News, August 2005, Issue 50 and discusses accessing and using public data: A primer for the health ...

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    • Authors: Denise Love
    • Date: Aug 2005
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health information technology
  • Impact of the MedicarePrescription Drug, Improvementand Modernization Act on MedicareSupplement Insurance Plans

    Impact of the MedicarePrescription Drug, Improvementand Modernization Act on MedicareSupplement Insurance Plans This article reviews the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization ...

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    • Authors: Dennis Hare
    • Date: Mar 2005
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Social Insurance>Medicare
  • Reawakened Focus of IDI Carriers in the Physician Market

    Reawakened Focus of IDI Carriers in the Physician Market An article that talks about the individual disability income IDI Market and how it is reaching out to Physicians. Issue No. 59 ...

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    • Authors: Robert Beal
    • Date: Sep 2008
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Disability insurance
  • A Perspective on Long-Term Health Care Cost Trend and Macroeconomic Modeling

    A Perspective on Long-Term Health Care Cost Trend and Macroeconomic Modeling This article talks about the ultimate health care cost trend rate ssumption in retiree medical liability valuation ...

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    • Authors: Charles Edwards
    • Date: Sep 2008
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics
  • Navigating New Horizons. . .An Interview with Alice Rosenblatt

    Navigating New Horizons. . .An Interview with Alice Rosenblatt An interview with Alice Rosenblatt, who worked her way up to become an executive for the largest health insurance company in the ...

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    • Authors: Sarah Lawrence
    • Date: Sep 2008
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • Letter from the Editor

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

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    • Authors: Mary Kindel Van der Heijde
    • Date: Sep 2010
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Professional Values
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Experience Studies & Data; Public Policy
  • Letter from the Editor - Mary van der Heijde

    Letter from the Editor - Mary van der Heijde Letter from the Editor - Mary van der Heijde N/A; 28081 10/1/2011 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Mary Kindel Van der Heijde
    • Date: Oct 2011
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • 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
  • Biosimilars, Part 5: Payer Decision Making

    Biosimilars, Part 5: Payer Decision Making The coming wave of biosimilars could dramatically affect prescription drug costs and benefit strategies over the next several years. The launch of many ...

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    • Authors: Greg Warren, Tony Pistilli
    • Date: Jan 2024
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Chronic health management - Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance