Medicare/Medicaid

Comment / Letter

Letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Financial Data Related to Medicare Part D

Medicare Part D RBC Subgroup letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for financial data related to Medicare Part D, which will be used to update a report on Medicare Part D RBC risk…

Practice Note

Medicare Part D Accounting

Medicare Part D Accounting Practice Note Subgroup practice note describing some of the current practices used by U.S. health actuaries with respect to work involving valuation, accounting, and…

Issue Brief

Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance (2008)

care Steering Committee updated annual issue brief offering an actuarial perspective on Medicare’s financial condition.

Practice Note

Actuarial Equivalence for Prescription Drug Plans and Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plans under the Medicare Drug Program

Practice note issued by the The Actuarial Equivalence PDP/MA-PD Practice Note Work Group on the actuarial equivalence for private prescription drug plans under Medicare Part D. The practice note…

Policy Paper

Medicare Reform Options

Medicare Steering Committee monograph highlighting various potential approaches for addressing Medicare’s financial problems, along with a discussion of their relative strengths and weaknesses. The…

Comment / Letter

Comment Letter on RBC Instructions for Medicare Part D

Medicare Part D RBC Subgroup revision proposals to the NAIC life and health RBC instructions for Medicare Part D to address a potential unintended consequence related to the Authorized Control Level…

Comment / Letter

Comment Letter to NAIC on Proposed Risk Factor Update for Medicare Part D

Medicare Part D RBC Subgroup comment letter to NAIC’s Health Risk Based Capital Working Group on a possible update of proposed risk factors previously developed by the Academy’s Medicare Part D…

Issue Brief

Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance (2007)

care Steering Committee annual issue brief offering an actuarial perspective on Medicare’s financial condition.

Comment / Letter

Letter to CMS on Medicare Part D Implementation

Part D Lessons Learned Work Group comment letter on what has worked well and what has not in Medicare Part D. The letter also offers recommendations to improve the overall operation and…

Comment / Letter

Comments on One-Role-per-User Rule for Medicare RDS Website

Health Practice Council comments that urge CMS to reconsider the one-role-per-user rule for actuaries for Part D attestations and to investigate alternatives that would not prevent actuaries from…