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An actuarial analysis of lung cancer screening

June 4th, 2012

Bruce Pyenson presented his study on lung cancer screening at Health Affair’s “Value in Cancer Care” briefing on April 12 in Washington DC. Watch his presentation at HealthAffairs.org – scroll down to “The Case For Lung Cancer Screening of High-Risk Patients & Improving Payment And Delivery Of Cancer Care.”

Also, here is the study’s abstract:
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ASOP’s Fables

July 11th, 2011

Actuarial work is governed by certain standards of practice, known as the ASOPs—Actuarial Standards of Practice. The videos below were developed to bring the ASOPs to life, a series we call “ASOP’s Fables.”

If people express interest we can develop more ASOP droid videos—or this may be the only contribution to the genre.

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