The SOA Strategic Research Programs emphasize the skillset and thought leadership of actuaries, and help provide insights to members, stakeholders, and the public on socially relevant topics.
The SOA’s Health Care Cost Trends Strategic Research Program focuses on the forces that shape health care cost, use and changes over time. Explore what drives health care costs, including medical and pharmacy use, social factors, and demographics. Topics include trends with health care costs, public health, preventive medicine, population health, the impacts of regulatory and legislative changes, and the impact of new medical technologies and pharmaceuticals.
Explore research reports and studies, innovative research projects and collaborate efforts with other organizations and the SOA Research Institute. For access to all episodes, visit the Research Insights page.
SDOH in Medicaid Risk Models
Evaluating SDOH integration into Medicaid risk adjustment models reveals its financial impact on ACOs/MCOs, informing policymakers and actuaries.
HIV + Medicare
Analyzes the demographic and cost profile of HIV-positive individuals in Medicare.
Peterson Health Technology Assessments and Actuarial Methods
Discover how cutting-edge evaluation techniques can revolutionize decision-making for payers, providers, and consumers in the digital health landscape.
Learn more about long-run medical cost trends.
Learn more about interpretable machine learning techniques for health insurance fraud detection.
Learn more about setting/evaluating rates for Medicaid Managed Care programs to develop the underwriting margin component of the capitation rates.
