Description: Do your interests stop at your actuarial responsibilities of risk analysis, trend and rate submission? Reach beyond your role as the actuary. Become a leader-manager within the Market Segment Team and a trusted advisor to the P&L leader. Choosing your approach to working with the P&L leader determines your influence and impact on segment sustainability and success

Description: Patients with diabetes make up 25% of health care spending in the US, and a variety of solutions to address the high cost of diabetes exist today, including disease management programs, clinical interventions including bariatric surgery and GLP-1 drugs, and food as medicine programs.

Description: Attendees will see how care coordination and navigation may improve outcomes when integrating across acute and long-term care needs within Medicare and Long-Term Care Insurance products.

Description: The purpose of this document is to inform the user of the 2021 Health Care Cost Model about the sources of data, other reports, and assumptions which were used to populate this report and drive some of the key considerations.

Description: An update of selected key graphs from the Key Statistics section of previous COVID-19 briefs.

Description: Anti-obesity medications have been met with reluctance from payers and employee benefits consultants who often lack analogs or empirical data to estimate the cost impact of new therapies coverage. Health plans considering coverage of anti-obesity medications will need to assess and manage the potential costs of covering these new therapies in context of their overall obesity management strategy, including coverage of nutrition counseling, weight management, and bariatric surgery.

Description: This session will bring together public health care leaders in COVID-10 vaccine delivery from both the U.S. and the UK to discuss and compare operational implications of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in their countries, and how those programs ultimately affected hospitalization utilization and mortality rates for members of their communities.

Description: Explore SOA-sponsored research on Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) during the How Does Where You Live Impact Your Health webcast. Dive into SDOH data and modeling that will focus on cluster analysis. This will help determine the overall impact of your area's affect on your health and life. This webcast also covers an overview of the existing SDOH-related programs that may affect or intersect with health plan or provider SDOH initiatives. Discover the importance of the place you live and future impact of your overall health.

Description: Fully remote and hybrid environments are here to stay and actuarial leaders are continuing to evolve their styles and strategies to accommodate shifting needs. In order to build engaged and future-focused teams, leaders must refine their management approach and be intentional about helping employees build relationships, connect to culture, and lean into their futures with the organization. Listen as the panel shares their insights and experiences on how they have built loyalty and increased productivity among staff to meet business goals and move forward in the new working environment. By attending this session, you will be able to: • Understand the state of the actuarial talent market and changing employee expectations, and what it may mean for your department. • Identify how to best support and engage your employees in a remote and/or hybrid work model. • Apply strategies to enhance communication, lead with empathy and build trust among your team. • Empower and energize your team to increase retention and overall productivity.

Description: This webcast will provide a critical examination of the ACA's ongoing challenges and offer recommendations for achieving a more sustainable and effective system.