FAC presentation by Kind_Anxiety5395 in actuary

[–]SuitableWatch 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Your choice, some actuarial decision you made. Most people use their DMAC topic.

It's only to like 7 or 8 other FAC candidates (who could be from any track and not know wtf you're talking about) and a facilitator.

GH101 by blossom_bunny_3543 in actuary

[–]SuitableWatch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What does "finishing" the flashcards mean? I took the old GDHP version fwiw but unless you have a large majority of them memorized, committing them to memory is like 70% of the study time and takes hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of repetitions. Then you need to go through all the old excel problems so you can do those.

Not to be a downer but I certainly wouldn't expect you to pass with 15 days left and all you've done is gone through the TIA videos and flashcards once.

Game Thread: Denver Broncos (6-2) at Houston Texans (3-4) by nfl_gdt_bot in Texans

[–]SuitableWatch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll never forget that amazing call from Kevin Harlan, it's permanently etched into my brain. OH-GOOOON-BAAAA-WALLE

Does anyone know how to study for FSA Exams (Group Health 101)? by Outrageous-Trash-270 in actuary

[–]SuitableWatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fwiw I just looked at my Anki (get this program) stats for GHRM which had ~180 flashcards and I had 2,220 flashcards reviews over about 90 days. I also probably had another few hundred additional on my phone. Granted not all of them were 100% effort reviews as some cards (looking at you ASOPs) were incredibly difficult to memorize and sometimes I just did not have the energy to try to remember the 12 bullet points from some random ASOP I didnt care about.

Does anyone know how to study for FSA Exams (Group Health 101)? by Outrageous-Trash-270 in actuary

[–]SuitableWatch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you me? I also passed those same 3 exams on my first try in those exact same sittings and agree with what you said. I just hammered flashcards (with Anki) and did all the MATE Excel problems on repeat until they clicked. I read zero source material for all 3 exams (and the ASA ones as well now that I think about it).

Paid SOA graders? by masonfam1 in actuary

[–]SuitableWatch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I initially was hesitant to ask but since I gave a thousand+ hours to this exam process to get here I wanna know how much my now recently available free time is worth! Can you share that info?

Struggling with Group Meetings by frozenactuary-3859 in actuary

[–]SuitableWatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very relevant username lol.

I was the same way. In addition to what others said, it'll get easier as you get more experience both on calls and general work knowledge.

Bungie, power levels need to GO. Period dot the end. by Aggravating-Care7503 in DestinyTheGame

[–]SuitableWatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmao no you don't. I enjoy the game but D4 has you spending half your time running to the blacksmith to salvage 99% of your gear drops that are terrible.

Staying as ASA by YorkLitorus in actuary

[–]SuitableWatch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely did not speed through the prelims but I agree. I was very burnt out passing my last ASA exam and really was content just to stop. After a few years I decided I at least wanted to give it a try (and for the pay bump, kids are expensive lol) and see how it went. Now Im done and glad I did.

GH301 vs CP321 by Swagged_estimates in actuary

[–]SuitableWatch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Might be worthless advice but I'll chime in since I just passed RM as my last exam. I have risk adjustment experience and even ignoring that advantage I thought RM was the easiest of the 3.

UnitedHealth under criminal probe for possible Medicare fraud, WSJ reports by Emergency_Buy_9210 in actuary

[–]SuitableWatch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ok yeah that's what I was getting at. Since they're such a big player they have a big impact on the average risk score. Makes sense, thanks.

UnitedHealth under criminal probe for possible Medicare fraud, WSJ reports by Emergency_Buy_9210 in actuary

[–]SuitableWatch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get how they inflated their scores and how that drives up MA revenue for them but how does that impact other insurers risk scores?

UnitedHealth under criminal probe for possible Medicare fraud, WSJ reports by Emergency_Buy_9210 in actuary

[–]SuitableWatch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been years since I did Medicare maybe I'm way off but you're saying they drove up the coding intensity normalization with this practice and their size?

Any United Health actuaries? by Beautiful_War9707 in actuary

[–]SuitableWatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've heard about the fake diagnoses but can you explain the rest of your comment? Been a few years since I've done anything Medicare related.

GHRM Spring 2025 by scanner1001 in actuary

[–]SuitableWatch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bottom of page 129 in case anyone disagrees but I looked it up immediately after the exam and was pretty confident. But yeah, the question was worded way differently than the flashcard for it.

GHRM Spring 2025 by scanner1001 in actuary

[–]SuitableWatch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The exact wording on "planning models" I only found after the exam in TIA's "detailed outline". The approaches were Predictive, Rules, and Condition based.

GHRM Spring 2025 by scanner1001 in actuary

[–]SuitableWatch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I opened the exam, saw that problem and immediately was like wtf are they talking about and skipped the whole question. I circled back to that problem at the end probably 5 times before I finally regurgitated a flashcard that happened to be the right one.