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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NAIC Report
Report to NAIC on Proposed Medicare Part D RBC changes
Memo to the NAIC from the Medicare Part D Subgroup with proposed health RBC instruction and health RBC formula changes, proposed life RBC instruction and life RBC formula changes, and explanatory…Date Published: 09/10/2005
Comment / Letter
Letter to NAIC on Proposed Revisions to LTC Experience Reporting Instructions
Subgroup on LTC Experience Forms letter that addresses several issues raised by the NAIC in response to the Academy’s Long-Term Care Experience Subgroup’s May 20, 2005 letter with proposed…
Practice Note
Actuarial Certification of Rates for Medicaid Managed Care Programs
Actuarial Certification of Rates for Medicaid Managed Care ProgramsPractice Note created by the Medicaid Rate Certification Work Group to provide nonbinding guidance to actuaries who certify rates…
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Practice Note
Individual Major Medical Business
Individual Major Medical BusinessPractice Note developed by a work group of the Health Practice Financial Reporting Committee to provide a description of some of the current practices used by health…
Comment / Letter
Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee on HR 2355
Federal Health Committee letter in response to HR 2355, the Health Care Choice Act of 2005, which contained language that would allow a non-actuary to offer statements of opinions on reserves. The…
NAIC Report
Report to NAIC Updating Status on Medicare Part D RBC
Health RBC Subgroup status report to the NAIC Task Force. The subgroup was created in response to and NAIC charge for recommendations of changes to the 2006 RBC Formulas and Instructions, in order to…Letter to NAIC on Proposed Revisions to LTC Experience Reporting Instructions
Letter to the NAIC from the LTC Experience Forms Subgroup on proposed LTC loss experience exhibit forms (Forms 1, 2, and 3) along with the proposed instructions. This was updated in August 2005 in a…
Comment / Letter
Comments on HHS Draft on Genetic Testing Coverage
Committee on Federal Health Issues comment letter on Coverage and Reimbursement of Genetic Tests and Services, a report of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society,…
Presentation
Medicare and Social Security: Weighing Solvency
Cori E. Uccello and Ron Gebhardtsbauer Capitol Hill briefing regarding the 2005 trustees report, for Medicare and Social Security, demographic changes affecting both programs, and solvency issues.Letter to Congress Offering Academy Assistance as Resource on Medicare Issues
Letter offers the Academy as a resource on health care issues and shares some recent publications on key issues including Medicare and the uninsured.
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid