Description: Interview with Cori Uccello, senior health fellow for the American Academy of Actuaries.

Description: Read the December 2019 issue of Health Watch, published by the Health Section. Practical information for actuaries, articles impact sections, section activities.

Description: This article summarizes the winners of the Product & Process Innovative Marketing Awards that were presented at the February 2005 Professional Insurance Marketing Association PIMA annual meeting in Tucson.

Description: On February 15, 2022, the Association Forum Health Care Collaborative, a collection of metropolitan Chicago based Healthcare associations, held its winter event. This virtual gathering featured two sessions titled: “Healthcare Policy Perspective” and “Megatrends and Tipping Points that will Define Success in the "New Normal".

Description: Essay where payers desiring to optimize health gains per dollar spent should avoid “across the board” cost sharing, and instead implement a “value based” design that removes barriers/provides incentives to encourage desired behaviors for patients and providers.

Description: Update on Health Section research projects and topics, including health care reform, complexity science, and strategic planning.

Description: Society of Actuaries Research Brief Impact of COVID-19, April 16, 2020

Description: This report provides highlights of a weekly survey of practices regarding the mitigation of the spread of COVID���19 in the U.S. during the second half of March 2021 along with comparisons to prior half���month time periods. The survey asks about the degree to which the respondents perceive that people in their community are following 21 common mitigation practices. The responses are separated by state and compared to state level statistics regarding the level of COVID���19 infections from the Johns Hopkins COVID database for the same time period.

Description: A literature review on the impacts of healthy lifestyle behaviors and chronic condition management, providing a resource for actuaries and others on these issues.

Description: When designing and pricing a healthcare product, it is not only important to know how to model frequency and severity, but it is essential to understand human behavior. Of course, the issue of anti-selection in medical insurance is well known as individuals know more about their health and prior expenditures than an insurer does. This type of behavior is certainly rational, and to be expected.