AHP Senior Consulting Actuary, Greg Fann, FSA, FCA, MAAA, was quoted in a recent article, highlighting net premium levels as a greater predictor of market enrollment than government advertising, outreach, and navigator funding. Greg points to 2018 as a prime example. The number of people enrolled in the ACA individual market increased 3% due to additional premium subsidies driven by President Trump’s CSR action (https://axenehp.com/cost-sharing-reduction-paradox-defunding-help-aca-markets-not-make-implode), despite drastically lower government funding to promote 2018 open enrollment. [...]

AHP Senior Consulting Actuary, Greg Fann, FSA, FCA, MAAA, was quoted in a recent article about ACA risk adjustment payments being frozen due to a New Mexico court decision. Greg urged a tempered perspective and noted that prior ACA-related news has been negatively overblown initially and ultimately resulted in changes beneficial to the market. The New Mexico case stems from commonly noted alleged inequities in the ACA Risk Adjustment methodology, which Greg detailed in [...]

Axene Health Partners, LLC are pleased to announce the opening of our new corporate headquarters in Old Town Temecula. The new office is located at 41923 2nd Street Suite 204, Temecula, CA 92590. The building is located near the 15 freeway serving the Temecula Valley and will allow easy access for visiting clients. This move also puts our actuarial consultants under the same roof as our IT development team which will help us better [...]

AHP Senior Consulting Actuary Greg Fann, FSA, MAAA is quoted in a recent Bloomberg Law article about proposed rule extending short-term limited duration plans which could further divide the individual market into healthy people and those with medical conditions. Read the full article linked below to learn more. View Article