Description: This interview provides information on Retirement Health and Happiness, the first in a new series of publications designed to improve retirement literacy.

Description: Why and how to set up an advance directive, in case a health event renders you unable to make your own medical to decisions.

Description: A discussion of the efforts to implement straight through processing and standardization of the HIPAA form for long term care claims data.

Description: Understanding U.S. defined-benefit plan annual funding notice definitions and what they are meant to represent is a key to understanding how “healthy” or “unhealthy” a pension plan is. This article offers a description of several types of funded status measurements and their applications under the rules mandated by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to fund private employer-sponsored defined-benefit pension plans.

Description: Introduction of recent section activities and content of the current issue.

Description: Former co-editor looks back on his work, offering thanks and vote of confidence in his successor.

Description: Updates on the efforts of the Academy’s health practice council. its work groups and task forces, to educate health care policymakers on issues including health care reform, Medicare, loss ratios, premium review, reinsurance, benefit and eligibility changes, exchanges, and risk based capital.

Description: Health Watch, Issue 79, December 2015, Health Watch

Description: In this article, the author examines how a seemingly impossible event becomes a harsh or startling reality.

Description: The author stresses that knowing your value, expressing your value convincingly and having an outstanding resume are key to landing your dream job.