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  • Health System Reform - Old Challenges, New Solutions

    Health System Reform - Old Challenges, New Solutions Successful healthcare reform: First, it must help that must keep healthy people healthy. Second, it must help people mitigate or eliminate ...

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    • Authors: Robert Stone
    • Date: Jun 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Topics: Finance & Investments; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health risks; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Social Security
  • Taxes and Fees Introduced by the ACA

    Taxes and Fees Introduced by the ACA Taxes and Fees Introduced by the ACA Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act= PPACA=Affordable Care Act;Health care reform;Health insurance;Medical Loss ...

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    • Authors: Michael Gaal
    • Date: Aug 2015
    • 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
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health information technology; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Health & Disability>Payment models; Health & Disability>Public financing - Health & Disability
  • Wall of Comments

    Wall of Comments A compilation of feedback from actuaries in the Health Section of the affects of the ACA. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act= PPACA=Affordable Care Act;Health care ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Aug 2015
    • 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
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health information technology; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Health & Disability>Payment models; Health & Disability>Public financing - Health & Disability
  • Summary of House of Representatives Tri-Committee Bill – H.R. 3200

    Summary of House of Representatives Tri-Committee Bill – H.R. 3200 Summary of House of Representatives Tri-Committee Bill – H.R. 3200. Funding reform;Health care costs;Health care quality;Health ...

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    • Authors: William Lane
    • Date: Sep 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Government-funded healthcare
  • Final Thoughts

    Final Thoughts Wrap-up of publication and thank-yous. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act= PPACA=Affordable Care Act;Health care reform;Health insurance;Medical Loss Ratio=MLR;Accountable ...

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    • Authors: Valerie Nelson
    • Date: Aug 2015
    • 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
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health information technology; Health & Disability>Health insurance
  • At the Intersection of Public Health and Actuarial Practice

    At the Intersection of Public Health and Actuarial Practice An edited written interview with two actuaries and a public health professional on issues related to the intersection between the two ...

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    • Authors: Barbara Zabielski
    • Date: Oct 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Professional Values>Public interest representation
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Payment models; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Medicaid
  • Medicare Advantage Star Ratings: Expectations for New Organizations

    Medicare Advantage Star Ratings: Expectations for New Organizations This article makes organizations entering the MA market aware of the star rating climate, as well as short- and long-term star ...

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    • Authors: Kelly Backes, Julia Friedman, Dustin Grzeskowiak, Elizabeth Phillips, Patricia Zenner
    • Date: Jun 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Social Insurance>Medicare
  • Human Nature and the US Health Care System, Part I

    Human Nature and the US Health Care System, Part I The third in a series of four articles that illustrate the “soft” approach of game theory using Thucydides’ master work, The History of the ...
    • Authors: Carlos Eduardo Fuentes
    • Date: Feb 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance
  • A Road Less Traveled

    A Road Less Traveled The article described recent major advances in measurement of health programs and providers in the public and private sector. Health care costs;Health care quality;Health ...

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    • Authors: Greger J Vigen
    • Date: Jul 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: In The Public Interest
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • Accountable Care Organizations: An Untapped Opportunity

    Accountable Care Organizations: An Untapped Opportunity Since health care reform has made accountable care organizations a hot topic, an SOA workgroup is addressing relevant questions, including ...

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    • Authors: Jim Toole, Sara Teppema
    • Date: Sep 2010
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Enterprise Risk Management>Strategic risks; Health & Disability>Health care; Public Policy