Description: This article provides a summary of selected sessions of the October 2010 NAIC meeting.

Description: Discover a comparison of U.S. and international mandated leave programs which mandate employers to provide a minimum level of benefits to employees for qualifying leaves of absence, such as parental leave or medical leave.

Description: This report explores AI bias in insurance and health data, highlighting the ethical role of actuaries and offering cross-disciplinary guidance for fairer decision-making systems.

Description: This session will explore the financial health of rural hospitals, especially as it relates to the impact of payer cost containment strategies and government policies. Since 2005, more than 100 rural hospitals have closed and 600 more are at risk.

Description: Session 10E: Regulatory Changes in Supplemental Health With an Actuarial Lens

Description: Virtual - Session 5C: Simplifying Risk Adjustment

Description: Session 9B: Negotiated Drugs - How the IRA Program Impacts the PD Ecosystem

Description: After 10 years, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) risk adjustment program has evolved as the ACA has evolved. In recent years the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has focused on predictive accuracy over compensating for actuarial risk and has failed to address systemic issues such as insolvencies that created suboptimal outcomes for the ACA markets.

Description: "Hear an overview of recent results and potential scenarios that may impact the future of the ACA market. Review recent reported industry level profitability before transitioning to a discussion of how current market dynamics may influence the future profitability of this segment. Results from microsimulation economic models will be presented to help illuminate market shifts. Issues that will be explored include how ICRA availability might influence individual decision making, as well as how a move to level funding is impacting the small group market. By attending this session, you will: Understand the recent average and variation of industry performance in the ACA market segment. Describe current policy and market forces that are expected to impact this segment. Explain the range of market scenarios that may result due to these forces."

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.