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.
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
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
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Topics: Health Equity Students
Date Published: 04/14/2022
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Topics: Health Equity
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Topics: Health Equity
Date Published: 09/16/2021
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Topics: Health Equity
Date Published: 07/23/2021
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Discussion Brief – Issue in Focus: Health Equity and Health Plan Benefit Design
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Topics: Health Equity
Date Published: 07/23/2021
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Topics: Health Equity Health Insurance
Date Published: 05/25/2021
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Topics: Health Equity Health Insurance
Date Published: 03/31/2021
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Academy Recommendation Letter to HHS on COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force
Academy President Thomas A. Campbell’s letter of recommendation for Annette V. James as a candidate for appointment to the COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force as put forward in a presidential...
Topics: Health Equity
Date Published: 02/01/2021
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Topics: Health Equity NAIC
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On December 2, 2020, Cori Uccello, the Academy’s Senior Health Fellow, presented on behalf of the Academy’s Health Equity Work Group (HEWG) at the National Association of Insurance...
Topics: Health Equity NAIC
Date Published: 12/04/2020
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