SOA Health Update: Research and Meetings and Section Activities, Oh My

Rebecca Owen, FSA, FCA, MAAA

This session will bring members up to date on health focused work at the Society:
Health Section – Timely AND Relevant – Strategic Initiatives, Subgroups, Webcasts and Seminars.
2017 Health Meeting – Some Sizzle in Florida
Health Research A Survey of Projects Recently Completed or in Progress.–
Provider Payment, Medicaid Margins, Risk Adjustment Tools, Opioid Use, and MORE
Case Study Competitions – This year it is an island!

Society of Actuaries July 2014-Present – Health Research Actuary
Rebecca is responsible for performing and coordinating research on health topics such as Public Health, Antibiotic Resistance, Specialty Pharmacy, the ACA risk pool, the impact to population health and health costs of intervention and management programs, alternate payment methodology methods, climate change and predictive health scoring methods. Reviews and edits research performed by contractors and volunteers. Represents the SOA with other research and public health organizations. Is active in the Health Section Council and several of the special interest subgroups such as Social Insurance and Public Finance, Medicaid, Medicare, Behavioral Finance, Modeling, Futurism and Forecasting.

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