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29 March 2024 - by Lindsy Kotecki, Tanisha Benjamin
With the introduction of the Area Deprivation Index to the Medicare VBID Model for 2025, MAOs have the potential to reach a whole new cohort of enrollees.
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26 March 2024 - by Lindsy Kotecki, Michael J. Polakowski
With the growth of value-based insurance design in the Medicare Advantage market, we outline the landscape for this year and offer insights for 2025 and beyond.
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28 September 2022 - by Hans Leida, Lindsy Kotecki, Erica S. Baird (formerly, Erica Rode)
We summarize a study examining what proportion of commercially insured members use the services that a DPC model can address and the typical claim costs associated with those services.
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27 May 2021 - by Paul R. Houchens, Frederick (Fritz) Busch, Lindsy Kotecki
This report presents an in-depth analysis of the potential impact of Colorado bill HB 21-1232, which aims to ensure that affordable health insurance options are available for Coloradans, particularly those in rural areas and for populations facing barriers to coverage.
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08 October 2020 - by Frederick (Fritz) Busch, Lindsy Kotecki, Jeffrey G. Milton-Hall
The COVID-19 Advanced Population Shift model is a tool to help understand the interconnected nature of economic changes and health insurance coverage and to project the effects on the U.S. health insurance markets.
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23 March 2020 - by Paul R. Houchens, Hans Leida, Lindsy Kotecki
This report looks at the different outcomes for the 50 states from the Affordable Care Act in terms of reduction of the uninsured rate, cost, and availability of health insurance coverage.
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03 February 2020 - by Sinéad Clarke, Diana Dodu, Tanya Hayward, Judith Houtepen, Lindsy Kotecki, Monika Lis, Erica S. Baird (formerly, Erica Rode), Rong Yi
This paper sets out a ‘how-to’ guide to risk equalisation, or risk adjustment.
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07 January 2020 - by Lindsy Kotecki, Stan Westrom
This case study discusses the actuarial implications of one potential Medicare buy-in option.
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11 April 2018 - by Lindsy Kotecki
Healthcare provider organizations can benefit in many ways from adopting actuarial approaches, which can help them improve financial security, strengthen leverage in negotiations, and advance clinical capabilities.
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08 August 2017 - by Lindsy Kotecki, Hans Leida
Actuaries have had a front-row seat as healthcare reform has unfolded and are in a unique position to help address the challenges the complex system presents.