Health
The Academy Health Practice Council (HPC) is dedicated to providing policymakers and regulators with insights to navigate the complex landscape of health insurance and healthcare affordability.
The HPC’s commitment to objectivity and precision in this vital sector helps shape and inform decisions that impact the lives of millions of Americans every day.
Controlling Health Care Spending Growth
Explore issues pertaining to the drivers of health care costs and slowing the growth in health care spending.
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Financial Reporting, Risk Management and Solvency
Financial reporting and solvency issues at the state level, such as NAIC related projects on RBC, as well as emerging international solvency issues and federal regulation of insurance companies.
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Health Reform & ACA Implementation
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act and other health care reform issues.
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Long-Term Care
Federal and state long-term care issues, including the CLASS Act and LTC pricing/valuation.
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Medicare/Medicaid
Ideas for improving Medicare’s financial stability and insights on Medicaid and CHIP programs.
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Comment / Letter
Committees Comment on Definition of Employer – Association Health Plans
Committees Comment on Definition of Employer—Association Health Plans The Health Practice Council’s Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and Active Benefits Committee responded to the…
Topics: Benefits
Presentation
Academy Presents to AHIP on Health Equity and Benefit Design
Health Equity Committee co-chairpersons Annette James and Rebecca Sheppard, and member Yi-Ling Lin, gave an overview of the committee’s work on equity considerations related to benefit design to…
Topics: Health Equity
Comment / Letter
Committee Comments on 2025 NBPP
The Health Practice Council’s Individual and Small Group Markets Committee submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding the proposed rule for the 2025 Notice…
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Comment / Letter
Committee Comments on Draft 2025 Actuarial Value (AV) Calculator Methodology
The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) on…
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Law Manual
2024 Life and Health Valuation Law Manual
Date Published: 01/01/2024
Presentation
Academy Presents to AHIP on Health Equity for Managing Population Health and Risk Adjustment
Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello and Health Equity Committee Co-Chairperson Rebecca Sheppard gave an overview of the committee’s work on equity considerations related managing population health…
Topics: Health Equity
Presentation
Academy Updates NAIC on Key Health Initiatives
Academy Senior Health Policy Analyst Matthew Williams provided an update on the Health Practice Council (HPC) activities of interest to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)…
Presentation
Presentation to SEAC on Health Equity and Updates on the Health Equity Symposium/Workshops
On November 16, 2023, Academy Health Equity Committee chairperson Annette James and member Yi-Ling Lin presented to the Southeastern Actuaries Conference (SEAC) on the importance of health equity…
Topics: Health Equity
Issue Brief
Health Equity Issue Brief Summarizes Series on Benefit Design and Removing Barriers to Successful Implementation
The Health Equity Committee released an issue brief summarizing its “Health Benefit Design Innovations for Advancing Health Equity: Removing the Barriers to Successful Implementation” series.
Topics: Health Equity
Issue Brief
Health Equity Issue Brief Examines The Needs of Populations We are Trying to Serve
The latest issue brief in its “Health Benefit Design Innovations for Advancing Health Equity: Removing the Barriers to Successful Implementation” series explores how to better understand unmet…
Topics: Health Equity