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.
The Impact of Wildfire-Related and Environmental Air Pollution on Morbidity
Explores how wildfire-related air pollution impacts morbidity using machine learning and multi-year health data.
Provider Use of AI in Healthcare
This report examines how healthcare providers are using AI to improve outcomes and efficiency and highlights the evolving role of actuaries.
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.
A keystone project delivering long-term value, real-world application, and continuous learning.
Getzen Model of Long-Run Medical Cost Trends-Update for 2026-2036
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.
