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You need timely accurate, data and insights critical to making good business decisions about healthcare …we have solutions.
Services for

Health Insurance & Managed Care

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
RATE SETTING & FILING

Based on the current market and regulatory temperature, while maximizing profitability.

RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK ADJUSTMENT

Designed to help providers, health plans, and patients achieve better outcomes.

Capitation calculation and review

Evaluate capitation rates and provide actuarially sound advice and certifications.

Disease management support services

Effective approaches to improving patient outcomes including value-based care.

Provider reimbursement development and review

Evaluate and design reimbursement arrangements for maximum results.

Provider contracting support

Assisting and educating on contracting strategies and negotiations

Services for

State and Federal Regulators

The actuaries at NovaRest are best known for their expertise in healthcare reform, particularly with the Affofdable Care Act (ACA). Click the arrows below for detailed consulting services we provide for state and federal regulators.

01. Medicare Bid Reviews
  • Review bids in accordance with Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidance and professional actuarial standards
  • Verify the underlying assumptions are reasonable and that they adequately support the overall bid
02. Rate Filing Review
  • Review the rate complaint and determine the level of review required for the particular circumstance
  • Review rates in comparison to those of comparable products in the market place
  • Review the financial statement of the insurance carrier to determine historic profit margins and financial strength, if provided
  • Review the filing for completeness, consistency, and reasonableness
  • Determination of compliance of any rate filings to statutory requirements
  • Testify at rate hearings
03. Additional Support
  • Health insurance reform review
  • Mandated benefit impact analysis
  • Actuarial Financial Examination support
  • Audit Support
  • Supervision and Receiverships support
  • Rate Filing review
  • Form A filing review
  • Uninsured – State Planning Grant support
  • Medicaid Upper Payment Limit calculation
Additional Actuarial Services

For Health Plans

Financial Reporting

Reliable estimates and reporting to assist clients with adequate reserves.

Risk Assessment

Helps clients to identify areas of risk to maximize profitability.

Expert Testimony

Support for settlements, trials, regulatory issues and other legal matters

Database Development

Helping to turn your data into meaningful information.

Consult with an Actuary

You need timely accurate, data and insights critical to making good business decisions about healthcare …we have solutions.

EXPERT TESTIMONY

Additional details:

We provide health plans and other risk bearing entities with mediation and lawsuit support as it relates to the fairness of legal decisions involving complex and specialized financial risk in the health insurance and healthcare industry.  This type of risk can be particular tricky and should require the expertise of an actuary whose education and expertise is geared towards managing such risk. 

We are skilled and knowledgeable in using complex mathematical tools to analyze data and present it in a simple and understandable way.

DATABASE DEVELOPMENT & MAINTENANCE

Additional details:

Good decisions are supported by sound data.  That’s why as actuaries, it’s important to know how to code and develop effective databases. A finely- tuned database helps us manage big sets of data and quickly find and query useful information from related databases.

We often use a combination of  languages, such as SAS, VBA, SQL, Python, and R in our workflow, as each one has it’s unique strengths to effectively meet our clients’ needs and accomplish their goals. 

Whether you need assistance with database development or help with fine-tuning your database, you can rely on NovaRest.

RISK ASSESSMENT

Additional details:
  • Projection Modeling for Financial and Operational Risks
  • Asset/Liability and Capital Management
  • Underwriting and Pricing models

FINANCIAL REPORTING

Additional details:
  • Actuarial Opinions
  • Cash Flow Testing
  • Reserve development and certification