MLR Work Group comments to CMS that reiterate previous comments on the proposed rule implementing medical loss ratio (MLR) requirements for Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare prescription drug (Part D) programs. (
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Joint Committee on Retiree Health comments to the Actuarial Standards Board on revisions to a second exposure draft of ASOP No. 6, Measuring Retiree Group Benefits Obligations and Determining Retiree Group Benefits Program Periodic Costs or Prefunding Contributions. (
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Health and Pension Practice Council letter to the Actuarial Standards Board on coordinating Actuarial Standards of Practice (ASOP) affecting pension and retiree group benefits. (
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The Solvency Committee submitted comments to the NAIC on its revised version of a draft white paper on the Solvency Modernization Initiative and insurance regulation. (
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Risk Sharing Work Group comments to HHS on the interim final rule implementing amendments to the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters final rule. (
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Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello's suggested language on actuarial value to the NAIC Consumer Information SUbgroup for inclusion in a "frequently asked questions" document. (
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Medical Loss Ratio Work Group's comments to HHS on a proposed rule that requires issuers to offer a new type of individual health insurance policy covering contraceptive benefits. The comments focus only on the effect of the proposed rule on the MLR calculation. (
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Casualty, Health, Life, and Professionalism Council comments to the NAIC’s Joint Qualified Actuary (A/B/C) Subgroup in response to its request for comments to a list of nine questions in anticipation of the Subgroup’s meeting at the NAIC Spring National Meeting on April 5, 2013.
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Long-Term Care Terminations Work Group letter to the NAIC regarding the formation of the work group that is charged with gathering data on terminations in long-term care insurance, and outlines its proposed tasks and timelines. (
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