Are you wondering how key global and domestic stakeholders responded to the insurance contracts accounting exposure drafts and where international accounting is headed? Find out Jan. 2 as the Academy hosts a webinar during which presenters will provide a discussion of the Academy’s comments on key issues in the IASB and FASB exposure drafts on insurance contracts; an overview of concepts and concerns from globally influential bodies on those exposure drafts; and, a look at the direction of global convergence.
( )Susan Pantely, who chairs the Academy's Models of Care Delivery Subgroup, gave a presentation on behalf of the Academy to the National Conference of Insurance Legislators on new models of care delivery.
( )Audrey Halvorson, who chairs the Academy's Rate Review Practice Note Work Group, made a presentation on behalf of the Academy to the National Conference of Insurance Legislators on the Affordable Care Act's effect on premiums.
( )The NAIC's Group Long-Term Disability Valuation Table Implementation (B) Subgroup voted to re-expose the Academy's proposed Group Long-Term Disability Work Group Actuarial Guideline until Dec. 3.
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Find out what researchers learned from Oregon’s efforts to expand its Medicaid program and get an inside look at the utilization, finances, and health outcomes of those who were selected in the lottery compared to those who were not. Co-author of the study, Katherine Baicker, PhD, Professor of Health Economics in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard School of Public Health, will lead the discussion in providing an overview of the study, including methods, assumptions, and data received. The study led to some interesting conclusions—register to learn more!
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The Health Practice Council sent a letter to members of Congress outlining the potential consequences of proposals that would modify ACA provisions regarding plan cancellations in the individual and small group health insurance markets. Read the news release.
( )The State Long-Term Care Task Force submitted a comment letter to the NAIC's Long-Term Care Valuation Subgroup regarding proposed changes to the NAIC's Health Insurance Reserves Model Regulation.
( )The Health Practice Council sent a letter to members of Congress outlining potential adverse consequences of delaying the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) individual mandate and/or extending its open enrollment period. Read the news release.
( )The Health Practice Financial Reporting Committee released a new issue brief providing an overview of Affordable Care Act provisions - the premium-stabilization programs, new taxes and fees, advanced payments, and existing actuarial liabilities - that may create a certain amount of volatility on future financial statements.
( )Joint Committee on Retiree Health, Pension Committee, and Pension Finance Task Force sent a letter to the Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) on coordinating Actuarial Standards of Practice (ASOPs) involving retirement benefits.
( )Health Solvency Work Group submitted responses to questions from the NAIC's Health Risk-Based Capital Working Group regarding HSWG's model that examines expenses within the context of business risk concentration risk.
( )The Group Long-Term Disability Work Group sent a final proposed group long-term disability actuarial guideline and final report to the NAIC's Health Actuarial Task Force for exposure with comments due by Oct. 30.
( )The State Long-Term Care Task Force made a presentation to the Southeastern Regulators Association Conference on actuarial implications for long-term care insurance.
( )Join us for a discussion of the Exhibit 3A instructions, which are new for the 2013 NAIC Health Annual Statement. Presenters will provide an overview of the health care receivables, discuss the purpose of the new exhibit, and share examples with cross references to Exhibit 3 and Underwriting & Investment Exhibit Part 2B.
( )Health Care Receivables Factors Work Group makes a presentation to the Valuation Actuarial Symposium on the NAIC Health Annual Statement's new Exhibit 3A, which provides guidelines for health care receivables.
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