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Professional designations
Fellow, Institute of Actuaries
Associate, Society of Actuaries
Member, American Academy of Actuaries
Current responsibility
Joanne is the lead consultant in the Milliman London Healthcare practice. She has been at Milliman for more than five years, including 18 months in the New York City office.
Experience
Joanne�s experience includes traditional actuarial work, such as:
Product design and pricing for new start-up health insurance companies
Rating and reserving for US, UK, and other European healthcare insurers
Provider reimbursement analysis
Mergers and acquisitions
She has also participated in projects involving wider applications of actuarial techniques for UK and US healthcare companies, for example:
Bed-demand projections for a new hospital
Return on investment models for preventative medicine and screening services
Estimates of the impact of disease management services on medical cost trends
Benchmarking of claims experience against best practice protocols
Building of models to project healthcare demand for primary care trusts
While in the US, she was involved in several assignments for healthcare providers, including analyses of reimbursement structures and assessment of the adequacy of capitation arrangements.
Joanne has carried out research into the costs of alternative methods of providing care for the elderly in the US and she is also currently studying for a post-graduate diploma in Health Economics for Healthcare Professionals at York University by distance learning. She sits on the Institute of Actuaries Health & Care Committee and is the chair of the Institute of Actuaries Chronic Disease Working Party.
Education
BSc (Hons) Economics and Actuarial Studies, Southampton University, UK (Class 1) 1996
PG Certificate in Health Economics for Healthcare Professionals (Distinction) 2005 | 