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Bcbsf History, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A History of BCBSF.

C. Rufus Rorem Award Lecture- Big Question For The Blues: Where To From Here?, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A lecture from C. Rufus Rorem award lecture about the "Big Question for the Blues: Where to from Here?".

Bcbsf, National Transplant Network Form Florida Cooperative, 6/24/1996, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A media advisory from BCBSF about National transplant network from Florida Cooperative from June 24, 1996.

Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida And Ethicon Endo-Surgery Train Gynecologists On Innovative Surgical Procedure For Women, 6/21/1996, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A media release from BCBSF about BCBSF and Ethicon Endo-Surgery train Gynecologists on innovative Surgical procedure for women from June 21, 1996.

Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida Introduces Hmo In Charlotte County, 6/12/1996, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A news release from BCBSF about introducing HMO in Charlotte County from June 12, 1996.

Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida Announces New Individual Hmo Plan, 6/3/1996, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A news release from BCBSF about a new individual HMO Plan from June 3, 1996.

Fact Sheet- Corporate Background, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A Fact Sheet about BCBSF Corporate Background.

Fact Book: All About The Blue Cross And Blue Shield Organization, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A fact book about the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Organization.

Profile Vol: 45 No: 1 May 29, 1996, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

May 29, 1996 employee newsletter published by the Public Relations Department to educate, inform and recognize the employees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida.

Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida Reports Strong Growth In Its Hmo, Health Options, Inc., 5/17/1996, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A media release from BCBSF reporting strong growth in its HMO, Health Options,INC. from May 17, 1996.

Duval County Healthy Kids Program, 5/16/1996, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A media advisory about Duval County Healthy Kids Program from May 16, 1996.

Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida Announces New Medicare Hmo Plan In Central Florida, 5/14/1996, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A news release from BCBSF that announces new Medicare HMO planning Central Florida from May 14, 1996.

New Health Program For Children Wins Broad Community Support, 5/10/1996, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A new health plan for children wins support from the community from May 10, 1996.

Remarks For Tom Albright 5/1/96 At Bcbsa Conference On National Hmo Marketing, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

Remarks for Tom Albright from May 1st, 1996 at BCBSA Conference on National HMO Marketing.

Managed Care, Medicaid & The Elderly, An Overview Of Five State Case Studies, Robert L. Mollica, Trish Riley, Ltc Resource Center, University Of Minnesota

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This publication contains a series of five state case studies of Medicaid managed care programs enrolling elderly care programs enrolling elderly Medicaid recipients. The case studies were prepared by University of Minnesota National Long Term Care Resource Center's two partners: the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) in Portland, Maine and the Institute for Health Services Research, School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. These case studies have been conducted under the leadership of Trish Riley and Robert Mollica at NASHP.

The project was undertaken to examine the experience of elders in managed care, …

Blue Cross And Blue Shield: Pioneering Managed Care Solutions For Tomorrow’S Health Care Need, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

An informational booklet about Blue Cross and Blue Shield: Pioneering Managed Care Solutions for Tomorrow’s Health Care Need.

Remarks For William E. Flaherty 2/17/96 At Fma Board Of Governors Meeting, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

Remarks for William E. Flaherty from February 17, 1996 at FMA Board of Governors Meeting.

Journal Of Actuarial Practice, Volume 4, No. 2, 1996, Colin Ramsay , Editor

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

ARTICLES

Methodologies for Determining Reserve Liabilities in the Workers Compensation High Deductible Program • Jerome J. Siewert

Third Party Administrator (TPA) Service Pricing and Incentive Contracts • Hou-Wen Jeng

Annuity Choices for Pensioners • M. Zaki Khoransee

Pension Funding by Normal Costs or Amortization of Unfunded Liabilities • Keith P. Sharp

What We Say in the NAIC Annual Statement Blank Actuarial Opinion • Kenneth W. Faig, Jr.

Constrained Forecasting of the Number of IBNR Claims • Louis G. Doray

Editor - Colin Ramsay, University of Nebraska. Associate Editors: Robert Brown, University of Waterloo ○ Cecil Bykerk, Mutual of …

Journal Of Actuarial Practice, Volume 4, No.1, 1996, Colin Ramsay , Editor

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

ARTICLES

An Approach to Estimating Market Value and Duration of Interest-Sensitive Whole Life Contracts • Thomas J. Merfeld

Participating GICs: Performance Attribution Analysis • Alec Stais and John P. Toohey III

Asset Allocation in Investing to Meet Liabilities • Anthony Dardis and Vinh Loi Huynh

A Possibilistic Linear Programming Method for Asset Allocation • Lijia Guo and Zhen Huang

Nonmedical Limits in Individual Life Insurance • James B. Ross and Shalini Perumpral

A Proposed New System of Financing Health Care in Singapore • Robert Keng Heong Lian and Loi Soh Loi

Concentration in American Property-Casualty Companies • Edward Nissan

Bias …

Discussion Of Theodore Konshak's "Disclosure And Confidentiality Requirements Of Corporate Pension Plan Actuaries", Richard Daskais, Brian A. Jones

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

No abstract provided.

Constrained Forecasting Of The Number Of Ibnr Claims, Louis G. Doray

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

We consider the problem of forecasting the number of claims incurred. After subtracting the number of claims reported to date, the number of claims incurred but not reported (IBNR) can be forecasted. The basic model assumes that the number of claims per accident period follows an autoregressive moving average time series process. Instead of assuming the data are available in the usual claim run-off triangle format, we assume that the only data available are the number of claims reported at the valuation date for each accident interval of an observation period. Box-Jenkins methods are used to forecast the ultimate number …

A Possibilistic Linear Programming Method For Asset Allocation, Lijia Guo, Zhen Huang

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

The mean-variance method has been one of the popular methods used by most financial institutions in making the decision of asset allocation since the 1950s. This paper presents an alternative method for asset allocation. Instead of minimizing risk for a given expected return or maximizing expected return for a fixed level of risk, our approach considers simultaneously maximizing the rate of return of portfolio, minimizing the risk of obtaining lower return, and maximizing the possibility of reaching higher return. By using a triangular possibilistic distribution to describe the uncertainty of the return, we introduce a possibilistic linear programming model which …

Annuity Choices For Pensioners, Zaki M. Khorasanee

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

We consider two ways for a retiree to obtain a pension from a retirement fund: through the purchase of a whole life annuity providing a level monetary income; and through the withdrawal of income from a fund invested in equities. Deterministic and stochastic models are used to assess the risks and benefits associated with each approach. In each case the projected cash flows are compared with those from a whole life annuity providing an income linked to price inflation. We conclude that, although each of the two options conSidered involves significant risks, each method may be attractive to certain groups …

A Proposal For Improving The System Of Financing Health Care In Singapore, Robert Keng Heong Lian, Loi Soh Loi

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

Like many other countries, including the United States, Singapore faces the dual problems of rising health care costs and an aging population. To cope with these problems, the Singapore government introduced the Medishield scheme in 1989 that provides low cost catastrophic medical insurance coverage. The scheme suffers from a serious deficiency, however: coverage ceases at age 70. This deficiency is exacerbated by Medishield's premium payment structure which is akin to the premium structure of a one year renewable term policy so no reserves are developed. As a result, coverage beyond age 70 requires exorbitant premiums that are beyond the reach …

Nonmedical Limits In Individual Life Insurance, James B. Ross, Shalini E. Perumpral

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

This paper shows data that illustrate the substantial variation among nonmedical schedules and the dramatic increase in their amount limits from 1972 through 1992. Coefficients of variation are analyzed for several data subsets. We find that the variation of schedules in the sample of all firms has increased throughout the 1972-1992 period for issue ages up to 30, but has declined for issue ages beyond 30 during the 1982-1992 period. For the non-New York and stock companies our statistical tests indicate an increase in the variability of schedules over the full period 1972 to 1992.

Pension Funding By Normal Costs Or Amortization Of Unfunded Liabilities, Keith P. Sharp

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993-2006)

We discuss the extent of the actuary's freedom in choosing the funding method for defined benefit pension plans. In particular, we look at funding through a combination of normal costs, amortization of an unfunded liabilities, and fund of assets. The IRS constraint on "reasonable funding methods" is considered, with particular mention of the aggregate entry age normal method. In addition, an algebraic development is performed of year-to-year changes in the status of a plan's funding.

Handout: Q&A Baptist/St. Vincent's Hospitals And Bcbsf, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

No abstract provided.

Executive Summary, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

An Executive Summary from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida.

Chart- Medicare (Part B): Medical Insurance Covered Services For 1996, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

Chart- Medicare (Part B): Medical Insurance Covered Services for 1996.

Clarification Of Medical Policy For Skin Lesion Removal, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

Clarification of Medical Policy for Skin Lesion Removal.