If this is the billed data I think it is, then this data is super unhelpful. I have done a few different projects for providers (I am an actuary) and I could never find a good use for this data. Billed charges are a…
Haha I was about to write this. Agree that a PBM is not an individual person.
The ACA hasn't been what it was supposed to be since 2015. Republicans in Congress gutted the market when they took away risk corridor payments. Small health plans priced with the payments in place, then when they…
If you think that's fun, the FSA exams are a whole new level of crazy. The math mostly goes away outside of financial statement type stuff, and in comes thousands of note cards on bland regulations (stuff like FAS106).…
Consulting actuary here. I majored in Econ, started taking exams after I graduated. I don't really see the value in the actuarial degree, but I do see the value in taking the exams. Some people might be frustrated with…
In light of this article, new genres like glitch/aesthetic/simpsonswave are just versions of generative art. All that stuff takes some simple code to augment images, then MS paint comes in to superimpose an 80's car,…
If this is the billed data I think it is, then this data is super unhelpful. I have done a few different projects for providers (I am an actuary) and I could never find a good use for this data. Billed charges are a…
Haha I was about to write this. Agree that a PBM is not an individual person.
The ACA hasn't been what it was supposed to be since 2015. Republicans in Congress gutted the market when they took away risk corridor payments. Small health plans priced with the payments in place, then when they…
If you think that's fun, the FSA exams are a whole new level of crazy. The math mostly goes away outside of financial statement type stuff, and in comes thousands of note cards on bland regulations (stuff like FAS106).…
Consulting actuary here. I majored in Econ, started taking exams after I graduated. I don't really see the value in the actuarial degree, but I do see the value in taking the exams. Some people might be frustrated with…
In light of this article, new genres like glitch/aesthetic/simpsonswave are just versions of generative art. All that stuff takes some simple code to augment images, then MS paint comes in to superimpose an 80's car,…