Joint Committee on Retiree Health comments on the ASB's exposure draft for ASOP 4, Measuring Pension Obligations and Determining Pension Plan Costs or Contributions, requesting clarification on the implications for retiree group benefits.
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Joint Committee on Retiree Health comments on the ASB's exposure draft for ASOP 27, Selection of Economic Assumptions for Measuring Pension Obligations, regarding the implications for retiree group benefits. (
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Actuarial Value Subgroup letter to CCIIO offering comments on the Actuarial Value and Cost-Sharing Reduction bulletin, specifically addressing the proposed actuarial value calculator. This letter supplements comments submitted April 2 on the cost-sharing inputs for the calculator.
( )Health Practice Financial Reporting Committee comments to the ASB on revisions to ASOPs 22 and 28. (
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Medical Loss Ratio Subgroup letter to CMS offering comments on the revised annual reporting form, specifically on the definition of premiums, contract reserves, and the definition of pre-tax underwriting gain/(loss). (
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Federal Long-Term Care (LTC) Task Force letter to NCOIL in response to a request for information on strategies to reduce costs related to LTC coverage. (
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Health Practice Council and the Committee on Qualifications letter to all state insurance commissioners and chairs of each state house and senate insurance committee regarding the appropriate definition of "Qualified Actuary" as it relates to the Affordable Care Act's rate review provision. (
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Health Practice Council comment letter to the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) providing responses to questions raised during a meeting with representatives of CCIIO on the structure of a proposed actuarial value calculator (for purposes of the ACA). (
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Health Practice Council comment letter to House leadership on legislation (HR 5) that would include a provision to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board, which was created under the ACA to provide recommendations to reduce growth in Medicare expenditures if spending exceeds a certain growth rate. (
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Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Work Group comments to CMS on the exposure draft of the MLR annual reporting form. (
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Health Practice Council and Committee on Qualifications letter to the Arizona insurance director stressing its concern that their regulatory definition of “qualified actuary” for health premium rate actuarial certifications was inappropriate and suggested corrective language. (
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Health Practice Council letter to the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) at HHS providing comments on a research brief, Actuarial Value and Employer-Sponsored Insurance. (
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Individual and Small Group Market Task Force comments to the HHS on the essential health benefits bulletin. (
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Pension Accounting Committee and Joint Committee on Retiree Health letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) on the exposure drafts of Statements of Statutory Accounting Principles (SSAP) No. 92 and No. 102. (
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Premium Review Work Group letter to the Massachusetts Senate regarding an amendment to the state budget that would require the disapproval of any health insurance rates to be supported by "sound actuarial assumptions and methods." (
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Health Practice Council and Committee on Qualifications letter to the Arizona insurance director pointing out that their regulatory definition of “qualified actuary” for health premium actuarial certifications was inappropriate and suggested corrective language. (
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Cancer Claims Cost Tables Work Group letter to the NAIC’s Health Actuarial Task Force discussing the progress it has made over the past year and outlining its objectives for the coming year. (
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Risk Sharing Work Group comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed rule implementing the risk-spreading mechanisms included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and related to reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment. (
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Joint work group of the SOA Long-Term Section Council and the Academy’s Federal Long-Term Care Task Force letter to HHS Secretary Sebelius regarding the department’s extension of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) to long-term care insurance in proposed regulations. (
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Exchanges Work Group comments to CMS in response to proposed regulations establishing health insurance exchanges and qualified health plans under the ACA. (
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