Record of the Society of Actuaries, 1998, Vol. 24, No. 2 - Table of Contents

Maui II Spring Meeting–June 22–24, 1998

This issue of the Record was edited by:
Richard D. Cruise (Chairperson), Gretchen Flatto (Lead Editor), David Jarrett, Craig Morrow, Robert Pryor, and Steve Lemanski

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• Session #1 GS
• The State of Medicine in 1998 and the Next 50 Years
• George D. Lundberg, M.D., Anna M. Rappaport
• Session #3 PD
• Hot Topics in Group Long-Term Disability Income
• David G. Fitzpatrick, Paul D. Hitchcox, Daniel D. Skwire
• Session #4 PD
• Social Security: Is an Equitable Design Possible?
• Robert L. Brown, Robert M. Katz, David M. Knox
• Session #5 PD
• Designing a Stochastic Valuation/Forecast System
• Chris K. Madsen, John M. Mulvey, Richard Q. Wendt
• Session #6 PD
• Retirement Plan Consulting Challenges in the Pacific Rim
• Yuan Chang, Thomas A. Jaros, Leslie John Lohmann, Jeffery P. Newnam
• Session #8 PD
• Risk Adjusters: Are They Working?
• John M. Bertko, James S. Matthisen, Leslie F. Peters, David C. Sky
• Session #9 I
• Believe it or Not!
• Thomas N. Herzog, Stuart Klugman
• Session #10 OF
• Risk-Based Capital for Health Organizations
• Donna C. Novak, Julia T. Philips, Steven N. Wander
• Session #11 OF
• Long–Term–Care Compliance Issues
• Linda Rodis Abraham, Richard W. Garner, Andrew M. Perkins
• Session #13 TS
• Use of Treatment Protocols to Manage Hospital Utilization at the Insurance Payer Level
• Donna L. Kalin, Deborah Loveland, William E. Mabe,
• Sesssion #16 PD
• Effective Approaches to Disease Management
• Antony Gallagher Frie, Martin F. Gibson, Joseph G. Korabik, Alan H. Spiro
• Session #17 PD
• Hot Topics in Group Short–Term Disability Income
• Andre C. Baillargeon, David S. Mogul, Raymond A. Siwek
• Session #18 PD
• Technical Concerns: Increasing Longevity in North America
• Bernard Dussault, Anna M. Rappaport, Michael M. C. Sze
• Session #19 PD
• Use of Managed Care in Long–Term–Care Insurance Contracts
• Donald M. Charsky, Peggy L. Hauser, Dawn E. Helwig
• Session #21 D
• Are Medical Savings Accounts Keeping Their Promise?
• Thomas P. Edwalds, Richard J. Ruppel, Harry L. Sutton, Jr.
• Session #22 D
• Are Reinsurance Intermediaries Needed to Negotiate and Administer Group Life and Health Reinsurance Treaties?
• Robert Comeau, Ronald L. Klein, Steve Martin
• Session #23 IF
• Underwriting and Rating in a Guaranteed Issue Environment
• Scott A. Geske, James A. Hinds III, Robert R. McGee, James A. Wynstra
• Session #24 IF
• Prescription Drug Issues in Today's Marketplace
• John F. Fritz, William M. Pollock, Margaret Wood Wear
• Session #31 PD
• Defining "Best–In–Market" Health Opportunities
• Mindy S. Kairey, Dale H. Yamamoto
• Session #32 PD
• Line–of–Business Management for Long–Term–Care Insurance
• Deborah Ann Grant, Andrew J. Herman, Craig T. Shigeno, Robert Yee
• Session #33 IF (Record Not Available)
• Do Actuaries See a Role in the "Soft" Side of Business?
• Melissa L. Kirkscey, Dorn H. Swerdlin
• Session #34 IF
• Nontraditional Individual Disability Insurance (IDI) Reinsurance: What Is It, and Has Its Time Arrived?
• Robert W. Beal, Arthur L. Garrison
• Session #35 OF
• Considerations for HMOs Entering the Small–Group and Individual Markets
• Michael D. Bahr, Henry W. Frantz III, James R. Swenson
• Session #36 OF
• The Effective Consultant: Those(Plan) Designs, They Are A' Changing
• Silvio Ingui, Jeffery A. Lancet
• Session #48 PD
• Current Medicare Issues and How the American Academy of Actuaries Is Involved
• William F. Bluhm, Donna C. Novak, Jill Ann Stockard, John Trout, Thomas F. Wildsmith
• Session #49 CS
• Health Care Reform Around the World
• Joshua David Bank, Chiu-Cheng Chang, Lawrence Miike
• Session #51 IF
• Technical Concerns: Who Says Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Premium Audits Are Cost Effective?
• Richard J. Barney, N. Anthony Calhoun, Ronald Gebhardtsbauer, Karen S. Kinol
• Session #52 IF
• Which Form of Group LTD Reinsurance Is Best for You?
• Jeffrey E. Babino, Michael S. Johnson, Michael D. Lachance
• Session #55 PD
• Federal Regulations Affecting Health Benefits
• Mark F. Olson, Thomas G. Ruehle, Geoffrey C. Sandler, Gordon R. Trapnell
• Session #59 CS
• Let's Make a Deal:"Life and Health Mergers and Acquisitions"
• Charles Carroll, Herbert E. Goodfriend, William R. Horbatt
• Session #64 PD
• *On the Way to "Medicare 2000": Progress to Date
• Sally T. Burner, John D. Shatto, Dirk van der Burch
• Session #65 PD
• Integrated Disability Management
• David A. Nixa, Joseph John Poplaski, Charles M. Waldron, Michael Welsh
• Session #66 PD
• Strategic Asset Allocation for Pension Plans
• Mark Abbott, Bryan Edward Boudreau, Craig A. Voelker
• Session #67 PD
• Technical Concerns: Does Your Stomach Turn Over Your Turnover Assumption?
• Thomas P. Edwalds, Steve J. Kopp, Roger L. Vaughn
• Session #69 IF
• *Provider Excess of Loss: Where Has All the Money Gone?
• Stephanie B. Byrne, Timothy J. Ruark, Brian Dale Shively, Kirk A. Smith
• Session #76 PD
• Group Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance: Getting More Out of Life
• James Grant, J. Christopher Hall, Joseph J. Poplaski
• Session #77 PD (Record Not Available)
• Provider-Sponsored Health Plans: A Tool for Preservation of the Provider’s Market
• R. Scott Gorman, Timothy D. Lee
• Session #78 PD
• Hot Topics in Individual Disability Income (DI)
• (Charts Separate)
• Kevin P. Farley, Michael B. Koopersmith, Anne Goodman Mitchell, Jon M. Piano, Henry Yi
• Session #79 PD
• Introduction to Value–at–Risk
• Mark Abbott, Edward P. Mohoric, Deborah K. Orlando
• Session #85 TS
• Actuarial Aspects of Alternative Care
• Lee Eric Launer
• Session #86 TS
• Medicare Managed Care Organizations: Getting a Bigger "Bang for the Buck"
• Oscar M. Lucas, Peggy Tyndall
• Session #87 TS
• Health Care Financing Systems Around the World
• Chiu-Cheng Chang
• Session #92 PD
• Mental Health Insurance Parity
• Stephen P. Melek
• Session #93 PD
• Health Insurance and the Valuation Actuary
• Karen Bender, Michael J. Francescone, Glenn A. Giese, Frank E. Knorr
• Session #94 PD
• The Actuary and the Clinician: A Look Back at the Past Ten Years
• David V. Axene, Frances Chen, Timothy J. Feeser, James Schibanoff
• Session #96 PD
• Technical Concerns: Late–Breaking Pension Developments
• Ethan E. Kra, Donald J. Segal, Mark S. Winter
• Session #97 CS
• Failure to Plan is Planning to Fail: An Experience of the Strategic Planning Process
• William R. Horbatt, Dorn H. Swerdlin
• Session #99 OF
• Stop–Loss Insurance for Provider Sponsored Organizations, Managed Care Health Plans and Self–Funded Groups
• P. Anthony Hammond, Michael R. McLean, James J. Murphy,
• Session #101 TS
• Risk Theory Applications to Experience Rating Group Health Insurance
• Charles S. Fuhrer
• Session #108 OF
• Traditional Medicare Supplement Insurance: Future Opportunities and Challenges
• John K. Heins, Gail M. Lawrence, Edward P. Mohoric
• Session #111 OF
• Health Practice Advancement Committee, Health Section Council, and American Academy of Actuaries' Health Practice Council Committee Update
• William F. Bluhm, Thomas R. Corcoran, James J. Murphy
• Session #117 PD
• The Effective Consultant: Can You Manage This? Those Pesky Client Relationships
• Lee J. Trad, Jean M. Wodarczyk, Paul B Zeisler
• Session #118 PD
• *Stochastic Pension Valuations: Can We Do Better?
• Andrew Cairns, Kevin J. Shand, Arnold F. Shapiro
• Session #122 PD
• Managed Care Response to Growth in Point–of–Service (POS) Products
• Richard Thomas Hall, Shereen J. Jensen, Bernard Rabinowitz
• Session #124 OF
• Creative Provider Reimbursement Approaches
• Scott E. Guillemette, Donna L. Kalin, Susan Elizabeth Pantely, Sunit R. Patel, Steven N. Wander
• Session #127 PD
• Medicare+Choices: Impact of Self–Selection
• Sally T. Burner, Roger T. Schacht, Eric L. Smithback, Dale H. Yamamoto

*The following sessions from the Maui II Spring Meeting, June 22–24, 1998 will not be available on the Society's web site and will not be available for release to the public. Record sessions must meet certain standards before they can be released to the membership. The recorded version of these sessions failed to meet these standards for a variety of reasons.