Description: The regulatory and market dynamics of the ACA's second decade are more predicable than the first. Come hear the latest information from industry experts on the emerging trends in ACA marketplaces. You'll also discover an understanding about emerging federal and state policy that will have pricing and financial implications. Finally, you'll get to learn what actuaries need to know to be well prepared for actuarial practice in the ACA's second decade. Key learning objectives include: - Comprehending the historical dynamics in the ACA's first decade which will shape the future - Understanding the changing national premium landscape for 2024, the 11th year of ACA marketplaces - Having a strong grasp on how the ACA's second decade will differ from the first from an actuarial perspective

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.

Description: Hear highlights from recently published and upcoming SOA Research, including work on specialty pharmacy and long-term impacts of COVID-19. You will get an overview focused on the financial impacts of these issues as well as trends and other actuarial considerations.

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: "Actuaries work with data, but that’s not the entirety of the profession. They need to leverage their analysis of the data to present findings and recommendations across various functional areas and management. In telling the story of the data, actuaries need to understand which tools are available to communicate effectively. In this session, attendees will hear from speaker(s) on various tools and how to use them most effectively in their day-to-day job. Tools that will be addressed include R, Python, Excel, and more. At the conclusion of this session, you’ll be able to: · Learn how to communicate results after analyzing data. · Understand various tools that could be used in communicating a story to management."

Description: Following her first 100 days as the CMS Administrator, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure released her six strategic pillars for the agency. The Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) followed these pillars and laid out their priorities for states under the Biden-Harris administration. With these priorities established, recent 1115 submissions from several large states, including California, Massachusetts and New Jersey, may give insight to how CMS will operationalize their vision under this program authority. This session will include presentation from state policy staff who have led recent 1115 waiver proposals. By attending the session, you will be able to: • Demonstrate understanding of the current administration’s strategic priorities for State Medicaid & CHIP programs. • Identify trends in recent 1115 waiver submissions.

Description: Address how Medicare and Medicaid are integrated in DSNP plans, including: - Coordination of benefits - Model of Care - Care Coordination - Licensure - Difference between DSNPs and MMP plans - Pricing Assumptions - New proposals for more integration By attending this session, you will be able to understand how DSNP plans are integrated between Medicaid and Medicare and what CMS is doing to integrate them further.

Description: Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, Physician, Work-Life Integration Researcher & Award-Winning Author She is the founder of Restorasis, a health tech start-up focusing on restoring healthy patient-provider relationships to improve health outcomes. As a wellness initiative consultant, Dr. Dalton-Smith helps organizations overcome burnout to create a work culture of well-being. She is a board-certified internal medicine physician with over 20 years in practice near Birmingham, Alabama. This lunch is available for all meeting attendees as part of the registration fee. If you plan to attend, please register in advance.

Description: Hot topics for Medicare, including enrollment trends, enticing benefits, risk score projections, market strategy trends, formulary considerations, STAR rating changes, and COVID implications including vaccine/testing requirements Proposed/enacted changes to Part D from the Build Back Better (BBB) Act-CMS’s commitment to advancing equity in health and health care for all individuals Discussion of removing barriers to equal opportunity, health disparities, and closing health equity gaps, including collecting more and improved data on beneficiaries’ race, ethnicity and social determinants of health By attending this session, you will be further prepared for current and future changes in the Medicare Advantage program. Gather additional insight into future trends in policy changes and cost spending and to be more equipped to adapt to changes in the marketplace.

Description: The Special Financial Assistance (SFA) program included in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) will provide grants to some of the more troubled multiemployer plans. While this is a welcomed relief for many multiemployer plans facing insolvency, plenty of challenges remain in the implementation of the funds and ability to maintain solvency after the SFA funds are fully utilized. Explore the challenges and opportunities from the pension relief provisions.