Description: This short article presents the latest SOA health research report on alternative payment models for high-cost curative therapies.

Description: Milliman performed an analysis of 894 uses of the checking service on individual medical health insurance applications to gain a better understanding of its protective value. From Health Watch Newsletter, September 2006, Issue No. 53.

Description: Excerpts from a conversation with Alan Mills regarding his work in complexity science and agent-based modeling.

Description: This interview article summarizes the work being done by a Health Section Strategic Initiative Committee.

Description: As providers are considering accountable and value based care models, it is critical to strategically think through how to achieve a sustainable business model into the future. This requires actuarial and clinical/provider capabilities to assess the care management and financial levers to help a client through the transition.

Description: How predictive analytics techniques can be used in the health practice.

Description: Of the three issues in health care—coverage, financing, and cost—the overriding issue is holding down the growth in health care costs while simultaneously improving the quality of care. This article introduces new concepts for reducing cost and increasing quality. From Health Watch, January 2008, Issue No. 57.

Description: Summary of SOA initiative on preparing and positioning actuaries to move into new roles which are becoming available as the health care industry changes.

Description: CHCS is a nonprofit policy center focused on improving American health outcomes, particularly for low-income people, including payment & delivery system reform.