Description: This article is based on a third party administrator study and explores the relationships between family structure, spare capacity and health care utilization.

Description: This article gives an overview of the recent SOA research report on the usefulness of Health Economics and Outcomes Research field in an actuarial context. A description of the structured assessment tool for evaluating new technologies is included.

Description: Chairperson's corner October 2014 Health Watch

Description: When setting reserves, multiple methods are often used in the creation of the reserve estimate. Judgment is warranted to combine these different estimates into a final recommendation. This paper describes two techniques that can be used to combine these estimates that may result in better accuracy and lower variance.

Description: Article describes enhanced primary care models and provides citations on whether or not health care savings have been achieved.

Description: Letter from the editor of Health Watch

Description: This article discusses new opportunities for states to waive certain marketplace requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The article focuses on specific opportunities for states and the role that actuaries will play.

Description: This article defines population health and discusses what is needed to manage population health under value based contracts.

Description: Thank you to the contributors and those who helped. Brief description of the articles in the issue.

Description: This article is an interview with an actuarial leader.