TN Health Rate Review Cycle-II Project

    1. Group Members

    Project Coordinator: Dr. Don Hong, Professor and Coordinator of Actuarial Science Program

    Faculty participants: Mr. Harold Tuthill, Actuary at Alpha Vision; Dr. Qiang Wu, Assistant Professor of Actuarial Science.

    Graduate Student Participants:

  1. AY 2012-2013: Cliff Bowman (Actuarial student in MSPS program); Taotao Ding (MS in Mathematics), Menghan Lin (MS in Mathematics); Ying Peng (Actuarial student in MSPS program); Caleb Shimberg (Actuarial student in MSPS program); Lu Xiong (Ph.D. student in computational sciences); Jianxin Yang (MS in Mathematics); Ye Ye (MS in Mathematics); Le Yin (MS in Mathematics).

  2. AY 2011-2012: Brent Osantowski (Actuarial student in MSPS program); Ying Peng (Actuarial student in MSPS program); Harold Tuthill (Actuarial student in MSPS program); Bruce Williams (Actuarial student in MSPS program); Lu Xiong (Ph.D. student in computational sciences); Le Yin (MS in Mathematics).


    2. Seminar Talks Related to Health Rate Review and Health Reform

  3. February 20, 2012 - 1:30PM at KOM 206. Speaker: Yi Pan, Ph.D., Statistician, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
    Topic: Challenges in Vaccine Financing and Evaluating the Efficacy of a New Vaccine ( ppt file )

  4. March 19, 2012 - 1:30PM at KOM 206. Speaker: Dipti Patel, FSA, MAAA, MTSU ACSI Alumna, Actuary, CIGNA of Maryland.
    Topic: AEDP and Healthcare Reform ( ppt file )

  5. March 26, 2012 - 1:00PM at KOM 206. Speaker: Heather Westman, FSA, MAAA. Director, Actuary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of TN, Chatanooga, TN.
    Topic: Pricing and Health Care Reform Overview (ppt file)

  6. October 19, 2012 - 1:30PM at KOM 206. Speaker: Heather Westman, FSA, MAAA. Director, Actuary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of TN, Chatanooga, TN.
    Topic: Health Care Reform Updates

  7. November 26, 2012 - 1:30PM at KOM 206. Speaker: Richard Waggoner, FSA, MAAA. Senior Actuary, Sterling Insurance, Bellingham, WA.
    Topic: Insureance Product and Medicare Supplement-Industry Overview (ppt file)

  8. January 30, 2013 - 1:30pm at KOM 206. Speaker: Tommy Axford, FSA., MAAA. Consulting Actuary, Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, Inc. Brentwood, TN.
    Topic: Health Care Reform Impacts from Employer's Point of View (ppt file)

  9. March 21, 2013 - 2:30PM at KOM 200. Speaker: Emiliano A. Valdez, PhD, FSA, Professor of Actuarial Science Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
    Topic: Health Reform and Health Rate Review from an Actuary point of View (ppt file)

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