Description: Review a recently completed research project for a multi-stakeholder data consortium on social determinants of health (SDOH). In this project, claims, external SDOH data, geospatial analysis, and machine learning models were used to examine several questions: How to identify SDOH vulnerabilities? How sensitive are the findings with respect to provider coding pattern variations? How much variability in cost can be explained by SDOH vs. morbidity? What are the key risk drivers revealed by machine learning models? The session will review the methodology and main findings from this project.

Description: In this panel discussion, actuarial leaders in the stop-loss marketplace provide their perspectives on recent stop-loss trends. Learn about the most current issues facing self-funded plans and their stop-loss coverage. Take part in a deeper discussion on this topic and more at Oysters, Beers & Large Claim Solutions on Tuesday, June 27, from 4:30-5:30 p.m. PT. This happy hour, featuring drinks and tasty Pacific Northwest oysters will include a discussion on the large claims impacts on the health care market.

Description: "Discuss research conducted at the Cleveland Clinic to understand levels of anxiety and depression across Northeast Ohio. Specifically, learn how advanced analytical techniques were utilized with social media data from Twitter and Google to estimate the need for psychological support by geography and overtime. The panel will go further to demonstrate how natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning could be used to make operational decisions at a leading health care provider."

Description: Focus on how innovative health care organizations develop their value proposition for their intended buyers. Presenters will share information about their specific solution and the methods used to derive credible savings estimates, ROI, and performance guarantees. Learn about data utilized, the methods deployed, advantages, disadvantages, and buyers' reaction. This session is expected to be technical, highly informative, and interactive with audience members.

Description: Learn about key topics affecting actuaries working in the dental insurance space! The session will include valuable information for health actuaries looking to better understand how dental fits into Medicaid, Medicare, commercial, and ACA markets.

Description: Come and learn about one of the long-term care (LTC) industry's hottest trends: Wellness programs. Discover key insights from Oliver Wyman's 2022 and 2023 industry surveys on LTC wellness programs, focusing on the evolution and expansion of wellness programs over the last few years. In addition, listen in as a panel of industry representatives share their perspectives on challenges faced, lessons learned and next steps in their wellness journey. Gain impactful insights and takeaways from our panel of experts (with wide-ranging familiarity of LTC and wellness programs), who will pull from their first-hand knowledge.

Description: Join a discussion on the evolution of asset and liability projection processes in the life insurance industry. Familiarize yourself with the broad set of inputs, stakeholders, and financial planning and analysis use cases. Notable areas of focus will include, but are not limited to, historical background, modeling needs, interactions between stakeholders, industry pain points, and a composite of an ideal future state informed by perspectives gleaned from leading companies within the industry.

Description: Gain an overview of the requirements for the new asset adequacy Actuarial Guideline 53 (AG53) guideline for complex assets. You will discover helpful insights and considerations for multi-scenario testing and sensitivity testing as well as approaches to developing attribution analyses for complex assets. You will also receive insights from any published regulatory materials that help describe what worked well and what needs improvement based on the initial AG 53 submissions from year-end 2022.

Description: Market experts with backgrounds in economics, investments, and insurance will speak to macro trends and their impacts in the market. Panelists will explore topics such as “what are markets saying about the likelihood and severity of a recession?” and “how are interest rates impacting investment decisions and ALM?" You'll have the opportunity to join the discussion by asking questions throughout the presentation.

Description: Mortality improvements have been a steady tailwind for life insurers for decades, but recent mortality results have experts reassessing their longer-term expectations. In session 2 of our future mortality series, join our esteemed panel as we engage in a lively Q&A around the future of life expectancy. Attendees will get their chance to weigh in on the debate through audience Q&A and real time polling tools.