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Provider Payment Reform: An Accountable Care Approach to Alignment of Health Care Goals and Incentives
Provider Payment Reform: An Accountable Care Approach to Alignment of Health Care Goals and Incentives A proposal to address provider payment issues by gradually moving to accountable care ...- Authors: Mark Florian
- Date: Sep 2010
- Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Payment models; Public Policy; Reinsurance>Stop-loss insurance
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Soundbites from the American Academy of Actuaries’ Health Practice Council
Soundbites from the American Academy of Actuaries’ Health Practice Council Report on the activities of the Academy’s health practice council and its work groups. Consumer-driven health ...- Authors: Heather E Jerbi, Melissa Lawler
- Date: May 2009
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Experience Studies & Data; Financial Reporting & Accounting; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Long-term Care; Public Policy
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Letter from the Editors
Letter from the Editors The editors of Health Watch have made health care reform the focus of the Sepctember 2009 issue, and provide an introduction to the issue's contents. Health care ...- Authors: Grady Catterall, Mary Kindel Van der Heijde
- Date: Sep 2009
- Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Medicare
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An Interview: Shannon Brownlee
An Interview: Shannon Brownlee Shannon Brownlee shares her perspectives on the current health care crisis, including: inconsistent treatment patterns across providers and geographic regions, ...- Authors: Mary Kindel Van der Heijde, Douglas Norris
- Date: Sep 2009
- Competency: Professional Values>Public interest representation; Results-Oriented Solutions>Assess decision effectiveness; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health care quality; Public Policy; Public Policy
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Bundled Reimbursement: A Step in the Right Direction, or Another Flawed Idea?
Bundled Reimbursement: A Step in the Right Direction, or Another Flawed Idea? An overview of the issues behind reimbursing providers on a bundled or packaged basis. The article presents the ...- Authors: Todd Lueders
- Date: Sep 2010
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Public Policy; Public Policy
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Globalization of the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: What are the Risks? The FDA’s Difficult Task
Globalization of the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: What are the Risks? The FDA’s Difficult Task This article talks about the challenges facing the FDA, especially those arising from the ...- Authors: Jill Van Den Bos
- Date: May 2009
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health care quality; Public Policy; Technology & Applications
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Estimating the Impact of Disease and Treatment on Life Expectancy
Estimating the Impact of Disease and Treatment on Life Expectancy Analysis of the impact of disease progression and treatment on life expectancy provides perspective on the long term costs to the ...- Authors: Tzu-Chun Kuo, Philipp Vetter
- Date: Jan 2011
- Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Demography>Longevity; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health risks; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining
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The U.S. Health Care Revolution: Give Me an Incentivized Provider Payment System or Give Me Death!
The U.S. Health Care Revolution: Give Me an Incentivized Provider Payment System or Give Me Death! A proposal to reform the health care provider payment system through: a national fee schedule, ...- Authors: John Dante
- Date: Sep 2010
- Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Payment models; Public Policy; Public Policy
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Getting Actuaries More Engaged in Population Health
Getting Actuaries More Engaged in Population Health Introduction to population health, a collaborative discipline that seeks to leverage all the determinants of health personal behaviors, ...- Authors: Robert D Lieberthal
- Date: Jan 2011
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Public Policy; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics