Description: This document is a Request for Proposals (RFP) outlining a proposal request on the impact of the U.S. drug abuse epidemic on mortality, focusing on opioids. It provides details on the background, purpose, research objectives, proposal requirements, selection process, and conditions for submitting a proposal.

Description: The Actuarial Research Clearing House (ARCH) is an informal communication providing current actuarial research to friends and members of the actuarial community. View the second issue for 2024.

Description: Overview of call center and digital sales platforms for the development of distribution strategy in the individual insurance market.

Description: State Medicaid agencies have been implementing value-based payment (VBP) models for the last decade and are increasingly exploring advanced population-based payment (PBP) models that increase flexibility, predictability, and accountability for participating provider organizations. PBP models show promise in advancing Medicaid priorities, but are still in the early stages of development, and model design and implementation challenges remain. This article from the Center for Health Care Strategies explores the fundamentals of VBP and how PBP - a particular type of payment model - can help Medicaid agencies achieve goals related to care transformation and quality improvement, revenue stability, and controlling cost of care.

Description: How to effectively retain top talent is a challenge that all employers face and an area in which employee benefits have been playing an increasingly important role. Traditionally, the market has been very competitive, with generic products mainly focused on outpatient and inpatient medical reimbursement, Term Life cover and accidental benefits. For large multinationals, employee benefits are often tailor-made solutions arranged via international brokers whereas small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are more likely to utilize standard packages offered by insurance companies via agents. This article explores the evolution of employee benefits in Asia.

Description: Examines the trends affecting the distribution system for the industry's products, and the regulatory and tax environment in which life companies operate. Also looks briefly at the state of competition in the industry.

Description: Actuarial Perspectives on COVID-19: June 10 Twitter Chat with the Society of Actuaries

Description: This session will review the latest developments in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace, including a discussion of hot topics, challenges, and opportunities on the horizon. Specific topics will include cost-sharing reductions (CSR) loading and the impact on subsidized rates across states (e.g., mandated loading in NM), the interaction of American Rescue Plan (ARP) subsidy expansion, and the impact once ARP-enhanced subsidies end.

Description: Inspired by Seinfeld's Festivus celebration, our panel will conduct a lighthearted but technically robust airing of grievances related to the Medicare Star Rating program. Over the past decade, the Medicare Star Rating program has undergone an array of methodological changes.

Description: Plan Sponsor Perspective