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Chris is a principal and consulting actuary in the San Diego office of Milliman. He joined the firm in 1994, after working six years with a health insurance company in Portland, Oregon.
Experience
Chris specializes in helping clients measure and understand the risks and financial implications associated with their healthcare products, reimbursement systems, and risk-sharing arrangements. He has worked with insurance companies, HMOs, PPOs, Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, provider organizations, employers, and medical device manufacturers to help them assess risks associated with commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, and CHAMPUS populations. His consulting assignments have included:
Healthcare benefit plan design, pricing, feasibility studies, and financial modeling
Developing and analyzing changes to provider reimbursement contracts
Performing financial projections associated with health plan mergers and acquisitions
Developing clinically appropriate best practice utilization and cost benchmarks
Assessing the financial value of new healthcare technologies and practices
Developing regulatory filings for health carriers
Developing underwriting and rating models
Projecting liabilities for claims incurred but not paid
Modeling risk transfer due to reinsurance arrangements
Chris has also served as Milliman's national Health Research Manager, promoting and coordinating the firm's health research efforts.
Education
BS (honors), Mathematics, Linfield College | 