Controlling Health Care Spending Growth
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Controlling Health Care Spending Growth Resources
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Second Health Practice Council Letter to Arizona Insurance Department
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…
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Letter to HHS on Essential Health Benefits Bulletin
Individual and Small Group Market Task Force comments to the HHS on the essential health benefits bulletin.
Topics: Benefits
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Letter to HHS on Research Brief Addressing Actuarial Value
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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Letter to NAIC Regarding Accounting for Pension Benefits and OPEBs
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…
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Letter to Massachusetts Senate on Amendment to H.3535
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…
Topics: Health Insurance
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Committee Letter to Arizona Insurance Department
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…
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Letter to NAIC on Progress of Academy/SOA Cancer Claims Cost Tables Work Group
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.
Topics: NAIC
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Comment Letter on Proposed Rule Related to Reinsurance, Risk Corridors, and Risk Adjustment
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…
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Letter to HHS on GINA Application to Long-Term Care
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…
Topics: Long-Term Care
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Comments to CMS on Proposed Rule on Exchanges
Exchanges Work Group comments to CMS in response to proposed regulations establishing health insurance exchanges and qualified health plans under the ACA.
Topics: Health Insurance