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Comment / Letter
Letter to Senate Committee on Transforming Health Care Delivery System
Medicare Steering Committee comments on the first in a series of Senate Finance Committee policy options papers, Transforming the Health Care Delivery System. Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 05/29/2009
Comment / Letter
Comments to Senate Committee on Medical Hospital Quality Improvement Act
Medicare Steering Committee and Health Care Quality Work Group comments to the Senate Finance Committee on the draft legislation “Medicare Hospital Quality Improvement Act of 2008”, which would link… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 12/15/2008
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… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 10/06/2008
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… DownloadDate Published: 04/08/2008
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. Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 03/31/2008
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… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 03/06/2008
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… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 06/30/2007
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… DownloadDate Published: 06/03/2007
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… DownloadDate Published: 05/03/2007
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… DownloadDate Published: 05/03/2007
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… DownloadDate Published: 05/03/2007
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. Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 04/30/2007
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… DownloadDate Published: 03/21/2007
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… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 12/19/2006
Comment / Letter
Comment Letter on Medicare Supplement Transition Issues
Medicare Supplement Work Group comments to NAIC’s Medigap Modernization Subgroup of the Senior Issues Task Force identifying potential transitional issues that will need to be addressed as part of… DownloadDate Published: 08/17/2006
Comment / Letter
Comments on Proposed GASB Bulletin on Medicare Part D Retiree Drug Subsidy
Joint Committee on Retiree Health comments on the proposed GASB technical bulletin, Accounting and Financial Reporting by Employers and OPEB Plans for Payments from the Federal Government Pursuant… DownloadDate Published: 04/17/2006
Practice Note
Attestation of Actuarial Equivalence for Plan Sponsors Accepting a Retiree Drug Subsidy Under the Medicare Drug Program
Practice note created by the Actuarial Equivalence Retiree Practice Note Work Group providing advisory guidance to actuaries attesting to the actuarial equivalence of a plan sponsor’s retiree health… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 03/08/2006
NAIC Report
Report to NAIC on Proposed RBC Risk Factors for Medicare Part D
Medicare Part D RBC subgroup report to the NAIC on proposed RBC risk factors relating to the insurance of Medicare Part D coverage commencing January 1, 2006. This report was written in response to… DownloadDate Published: 12/03/2005
Issue Brief
Pay for Performance: Rewarding Improvements in the Quality of Health Care
Health Care Quality Work Group issue brief exploring definitions and measures of health care quality and examining the pay for performance approach to rewarding improvements in quality, particularly… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 10/01/2005
NAIC Report
Explanatory Slides to NAIC on Medicare Part D
Medicare Part D Subgroup explanatory slides from a memo to the NAIC regarding 2006 RBC changes to Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage. DownloadDate Published: 09/10/2005
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
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… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 08/01/2005
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… DownloadDate Published: 06/11/2005
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,… DownloadDate Published: 05/05/2005
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. DownloadDate Published: 04/01/2005