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ActuarialOutpost Hospital/Accident Reserves  
10:40 5-Jun-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 679]    By: Unnamed
I'm working on setting up reserve calculations in HealthMaster for a couple new issue age products, namely hospital indemnity and accident. I'm looking for some guidance on setting assumptions (m...
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Health Boards Suggestions for affordable health coverage?  
00:08 3-Jun-07   [Replies: 3, Views: 470]    By: Unnamed
Hi everyone, I am coming to a bit of a bumpy road and will be needing to buy my own health insurance until I can find a job that offers it in the benefits. I really need an affordable plan, b...
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ActuarialOutpost Health business in GAAP  
06:51 2-Jun-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 356]    By: Unnamed
Anyone can tell me, for the business without significant risk transfer, how to book premium, and other financial items (Res, Claim etc.) in GAAP? I try to find the answer in the text book "US...
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Health Boards Appeal with BCBS -- Advice?  
14:58 1-Jun-07   [Replies: 11, Views: 847]    By: Unnamed
Hi, folks I'm having a heck of a time with BCBS of Florida. Here's my situation. DH & I, no kids, no chance of kids (DH is snipped). We're 35 and classified as smokers, as we only quit rec...
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ActuarialOutpost Common road to U.S. health reform?  
12:12 31-May-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 355]    By: Unnamed
This was in an op-ed in today's New York Times: Quote: Originally Posted by Atul Gawande This week, Barack Obama released his health reform plan...
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ActuarialOutpost Does government involvment threaten the Health industry?  
08:48 31-May-07   [Replies: 5, Views: 376]    By: Unnamed
I am wondering what an actuary on the health side thinks of all the recent healthcare debate? Would standardizing healthcare cause the market for health related actuaries to tighten up a bit? ...
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ActuarialOutpost Competetive Age/Sex Factors  
16:53 30-May-07   [Replies: 15, Views: 784]    By: Unnamed
Do you think that age/sex factors should be strictly actuarially based or is there some competitive advantage that might be gained by "tinkering" with the factors? What sort of tinkerin...
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ActuarialOutpost Canada Tells California to NOT Adopt Universal Health Care  
09:44 30-May-07   [Replies: 11, Views: 556]    By: Unnamed
Think tank advises Schwarzenegger to use veto and avoid Canadian-style health insurance system TORONTO, May 29, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- As California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger b...
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Health Boards Cinergy Healthcare, need help please  
21:58 27-May-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 321]    By: Unnamed
I need to cancel my Cinergy plan, but I lost all of the cards and documents when I moved, and I can't find a contact or 1-800 number over the net. You'd think it'd be easy but it's not. Does any...
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ActuarialOutpost Need help identifying large claims  
13:09 27-May-07   [Replies: 5, Views: 425]    By: Unnamed
I am working on a project to remove large claims from our claim triangles. Historically, we have included all claims when developing our completion factors. I would like to exclude large claims, s...
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ActuarialOutpost Hilary can do it  
01:04 26-May-07   [Replies: 40, Views: 2089]    By: Unnamed
Quote: Clinton Releases Healthcare Plan Democratic Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton Friday said her plan to revamp the healthcare system would save the average ...
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ActuarialOutpost COBRA-HRAs and HSAs  
08:08 25-May-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 318]    By: Unnamed
While clearly the insurance portion (high deductible health plan) of an HRA or HSA "product" is subject to COBRA, I have found limited and less than definitive advices as to whether and ...
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ActuarialOutpost Maternity Coverage for Individual Plans  
13:03 24-May-07   [Replies: 8, Views: 398]    By: Unnamed
Currently we over several individual plans - mostly with higher deductibles. These plans do not cover maternity. A maternity rider is availible for a price that is more than likely to exceed th...
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Health Boards Medicaid (MHS) NOT Paying for Meds...  
22:53 20-May-07   [Replies: 9, Views: 818]    By: Unnamed
I have Managed Health Care/Services Medicaid. I don't have a co-pay with this kind, but I recently came upon a BIG problem! Prescriptions that were previously covered - even up to a month or 2 ago...
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ActuarialOutpost Knox-Keene Lvl of Bfts  
15:48 17-May-07   [Replies: 3, Views: 384]    By: Unnamed
Does anyone know a good resource to find what the knox keene level of benefits are? or what the minimum requirements are? I found the act online and combed through some of it but couldnt find a g...
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Health Boards changing ins. due to divorce..car accid.  
22:24 16-May-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 297]    By: Unnamed
I was just curious and I will find this out when I am signed up. My question is this. I was in a car accident in Jan. 2007 and have ins. under my husband. I am going for physical therapy right now...
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Health Boards Questions: Subrogation service investigation for auto accident 10+ yea..  
16:45 14-May-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 268]    By: Unnamed
hello, This is my first post so I am a bit unsure how to ask this question but this board seemed a good place to start. I have had a correspondance sent to me from a Subrogation service for ...
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ActuarialOutpost Utilization Ratio - seek some advise  
11:23 14-May-07   [Replies: 7, Views: 565]    By: Unnamed
As in a new health company, my boss(operation leader) ask me to develop a report to monitor utilization ratio of a Managed Health Care plan. But some guy told me it is a job of New-work building T...
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ActuarialOutpost Seeking a mentor  
16:23 11-May-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 369]    By: Unnamed
I am seeking a mentor who is very familiar all facets of health insurance company operations(claim processing, authorization processing, medical management..) and actuarial and analytical techniqu...
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ActuarialOutpost Obama vs Medicare Insurance  
14:55 11-May-07   [Replies: 9, Views: 955]    By: Unnamed
Quote: Obama Attacks Insurance Industry Private Medicare Plans Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama ...met today with about 100 invited senior citizens in Des...
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ActuarialOutpost Minimum Loss Ratios -- Alternatives  
10:20 11-May-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 338]    By: Unnamed
Quote: Ratio Minimum Counterproductive NU Online News Service, May 10, 2007 States should be careful about trying to require that health insurers spend a minimum percenta...
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Health Boards Got the doctor's bill....do I have to pay?  
01:27 11-May-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 807]    By: Unnamed
Went in for some bloodwork and when the results came back the doc said everything was fine but that I wasn't vaccinated for hep b. He asks if I want to get vaccinated. I say ok. 3 shots over a few...
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Health Boards Secondary insurance?  
18:50 10-May-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 403]    By: Unnamed
Right now we are using my husband's insurance (80/20 coverage), his insurance is better than the one I've just been offered at my new job. Could I still sign up for my insurance as as secondary in...
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Health Boards Could they deny my claim? BCBS  
13:50 8-May-07   [Replies: 4, Views: 395]    By: Unnamed
Hello all. I got my quote back from BCBS, with a final premium, which is expensive, but I was wondering, When the policy starts and I go to my family doctor and tell him whats going on with me, I ...
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Health Boards Does anyone know a better way? Need to switch...  
14:16 7-May-07   [Replies: 15, Views: 694]    By: Unnamed
Ohhh the woes of Health Insurance! I am desperate for any suggestions, here is what I have going on.... I pay out of pocket for my health insurance. OUCH! I must say I would'nt mind ...
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