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Escaping the Addiction – From Preferred Payer to Rational Pricing
Escaping the Addiction – From Preferred Payer to Rational Pricing A proposal to reform current health care market, from a 'preferred payer' system, in which Medicare and Medicaid pay ...- Authors: Hobson Carroll
- Date: Sep 2010
- Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability>Payment models; Health & Disability>Public financing - Health & Disability; Public Policy; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Medicaid; Social Insurance>Medicare
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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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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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HARI Caray, HARI Krishna, the Mata HARI - What's up with HARI?
HARI Caray, HARI Krishna, the Mata HARI - What's up with HARI? This article is a brief overview of what the Health Actuarial Research Initiative, HARI, is and what the participants in HARI ...- Authors: Jeffrey Allen
- Date: May 2011
- Competency: Communication>Written communication; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Public Policy
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Soundbites from the American Academy of Actuaries’ Health Practice Council
Soundbites from the American Academy of Actuaries’ Health Practice Council Updates on the efforts of the Academy’s health practice council. its work groups and task forces, to conduct research ...- Authors: Heather E Jerbi, Melissa Stevens
- Date: Feb 2010
- Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Public Policy; Public Policy
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Reconvened Health Research Committee Ready for Action!
Reconvened Health Research Committee Ready for Action! An announcement of the roster of the newly reconvened Health Section Research Committee, and an invitation to propose, participate in, and ...- Authors: Steven Siegel
- Date: May 2010
- Competency: Communication; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Experience Studies & Data
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Direct Primary Care: Good for What Ails Us
Direct Primary Care: Good for What Ails Us Discussion of direct primary care and how it helps with several challenges in health care today. DPC improves care coordination, improves outcomes, ...- Authors: Gayle Brekke
- Date: May 2016
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Payment models
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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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Chairperson’s Corner 2009 Health Section Initiatives
Chairperson’s Corner 2009 Health Section Initiatives The Health Section chairperson discusses the past year's activity, especially the Visions for the Future of the U.S. Health Care System ...- Authors: Jennifer Gillespie
- Date: Sep 2009
- Competency: Communication>Written communication; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers; Public Policy; Public Policy
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Accountable Care Organizations: An Untapped Opportunity
Accountable Care Organizations: An Untapped Opportunity Since health care reform has made accountable care organizations a hot topic, an SOA workgroup is addressing relevant questions, including ...- Authors: Jim Toole, Sara Teppema
- Date: Sep 2010
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Enterprise Risk Management>Strategic risks; Health & Disability>Health care; Public Policy