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Health Equity Committee

The Health Equity Committee furthers the actuarial profession's commitment to health equity throughout the health care system. The committee examines actuarial practices and methods to assess the extent to which they may affect health disparities and recommends changes when appropriate, identifies areas in which actuarial methods can contribute to improving health equity, educates actuaries and other stakeholders on health equity issues, and applies an equity lens to the Academy’s health policy work.

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Chairperson: Rebecca Sheppard

Vice Chairperson: Sara Teppema

Members:

Corryn Brown
Matthew Lewis Burns
Nathan Cornwell
Chanelle Desir
James Dolstad
Joseph Dorocak
Jennifer Elwood
Marshall Forest
Jennifer Gerstorff
Bela Gorman
Juan Herrera
Andrew Hiles
Annette James
Elisa Johnson
Johann Leida
Julia Lerche
Yi-Ling Lin
Timothy Martin
Ian McCulla
Shelley Moss
Donna Novak
Ugo Okpewho
William Olaprath
George Omondi
Susan Pantely
Anthony Pistilli
Jennifer Point
Joshua Rekula
Marcella Ruzicka
Jessica Ann Saulo
Suzanna-Grace Sayre
Christopher Schmidt
Estellene Schweickert
Derek Skoog
Tiffany Tazmin-Ewing
Michael Thompson
Tammy Tomczyk
Cori Uccello
Gokce Yilmaz
Coleen Young

Related Publications

Academy Updates NAIC on Health Equity Committee Activities

Annette James, co-chairperson of the Health Equity Committee (HEC), provided updates on recent HEC activities to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Special (EX) Executive...

Topics: Behavioral Health Benefits Health Equity NAIC

Date Published: 08/13/2024

Committee Presents on Health Equity at SOA Health Meeting

The Health Equity Committee presented at the 2024 SOA Health Meeting on “Improving Data Analysis Using a Health Equity Lens.” The session explored the intersection of health equity and data,...

Topics: Health Equity Medicare / Medicaid

Date Published: 06/24/2024

Academy Presents to AHIP on Health Equity and Benefit Design

Health Equity Committee co-chairpersons Annette James and Rebecca Sheppard, and member Yi-Ling Lin, gave an overview of the committee’s work on equity considerations related to benefit design to...

Topics: Health Equity

Date Published: 01/09/2024

Academy Presents to AHIP on Health Equity for Managing Population Health and Risk Adjustment

Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello and Health Equity Committee Co-Chairperson Rebecca Sheppard gave an overview of the committee’s work on equity considerations related managing population health...

Topics: Health Equity

Date Published: 12/12/2023

Presentation to SEAC on Health Equity and Updates on the Health Equity Symposium/Workshops

On November 16, 2023, Academy Health Equity Committee chairperson Annette James and member Yi-Ling Lin presented to the Southeastern Actuaries Conference (SEAC) on the importance of health equity...

Topics: Health Equity

Date Published: 11/16/2023

Health Equity Issue Brief Summarizes Series on Benefit Design and Removing Barriers to Successful Implementation

The Health Equity Committee released an issue brief summarizing its "Health Benefit Design Innovations for Advancing Health Equity: Removing the Barriers to Successful Implementation" series.

Topics: Health Equity

Date Published: 11/14/2023

Health Equity Issue Brief Examines The Needs of Populations We are Trying to Serve

The latest issue brief in its “Health Benefit Design Innovations for Advancing Health Equity: Removing the Barriers to Successful Implementation” series explores how to better understand unmet...

Topics: Health Equity

Date Published: 11/10/2023

Health Equity Issue Brief Examines Overcoming Constraints to Implementation

The latest issue brief in its "Health Benefit Design Innovations for Advancing Health Equity: Removing the Barriers to Successful Implementation" series explores how to better understand unmet needs...

Topics: Health Equity

Date Published: 11/10/2023

Academy Presents to AHIP on Health Equity and Provider Contracting and Network Development

Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello and Health Equity Committee members Ugo Okpewho and Sara Teppema gave an overview of the committee’s work on equity considerations related to provider contracting...

Topics: Health Equity

Date Published: 10/10/2023

Health Equity Issue Brief Examines Evaluation of Benefit Changes

A new issue brief released by the Health Equity Committee provides an overview of how potential benefit changes are evaluated and how those evaluations could facilitate the incorporation of...

Topics: Benefits Health Equity

Date Published: 10/05/2023

Academy Presents to CBPP on Health Equity and Benefit Design

Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello gave an overview of the Health Equity Committee’s work on equity considerations related to benefit design to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ (CBPP)...

Topics: Health Equity

Date Published: 09/20/2023

Academy Presents to AHIP on Health Equity and Plan Pricing

Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello and Health Equity Committee member Rebecca Sheppard gave an overview of the committee’s work on equity considerations related to health plan pricing to AHIP’s...

Topics: Health Equity

Date Published: 09/12/2023

Health Equity and Benefit Design

A new issue brief released by the Health Equity Committee provides an overview of issues related to designing health benefits to improve health equity. These issues were discussed in the first of a...

Topics: Benefits Health Equity Health Insurance

Date Published: 08/08/2023

Letter to NAIC HRBC Working Group on H2 Updates

The Health Solvency Subcommittee’s Health Underwriting Risk Factors Analysis Work Group sent a letter updating the NAIC’s Health Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group (HRBC) on progress on the...

Topics: Financial Reporting Health Equity NAIC Risk Management Risk-Based Capital Solvency

Date Published: 07/13/2023

Academy Presents on Health Equity at SOA Meeting

Health Equity Committee (HEC) Chairperson Annette James presented at the 2023 Society of Actuaries Health Meeting in Seattle on “Health Equity: What it Means for Actuaries.” Her presentation...

Topics: Health Equity

Date Published: 06/26/2023

Presentation to SEAC on Health Equity and the Upcoming Health Equity Symposium/Workshops

Academy Health Equity Committee Vice Chairperson Stacey Lampkin presented to the Southeastern Actuaries Conference (SEAC) on the committee’s ongoing work on health equity, including the upcoming...

Topics: Health Equity

Date Published: 06/22/2023

Life Practice Council, Health Practice Council, and Casualty Practice Council Submit a Joint Comment Letter to the Colorado Division of Insurance

The Life Practice Council, Health Practice Council, and Casualty Practice Council submitted a joint comment letter to the Colorado Division of Insurance on its recent exposure of a draft regulation...

Topics: Casualty Governance Health Equity Life Insurance Risk Management

Date Published: 03/06/2023