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Brent Jensen

FSA, MAAA
Principal, Consulting Actuary
Salt Lake City, UT, US

Brent Jensen is a principal and consulting actuary with Milliman's Health Practice. He is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and joined the firm in 2010.

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Experience

Brent’s consulting experience covers a wide range of health actuarial projects. He leads projects that cover value-based care, risk sharing arrangements and provider contracting, financial forecasting, pro forma projections, and bundled payment analyses. He is also an expert in pricing, reserving, and employer health and welfare benefits consulting. His clients include ACOs, insurance companies, hospitals and physician groups, and employers.

He is an expert in the various ACO programs and has supported clients as they evaluate and apply for the various direct contracting tracks.

Brent’s recent experience also includes:

  • Payer/Provider risk sharing arrangements
  • MSSP and ACO REACH track evaluations
  • Bundled payment development studies
  • Evaluations of Centers of Excellence
  • Provider benchmarking analyses
  • Plan design relativity studies
  • ACA rate filings
  • Annual statements of actuarial opinion
  • Wellness program ROI studies
Publications and Presentations

Publications

  • “Medical Inflation: Drivers and patterns.” Milliman White Paper, February 2023.
  • “ACO REACH: Leveraging data to reach the underserved and address disparities.” Milliman White Paper, December 2022.
  • “Medicare Shared Savings Program: ACO financial results for 2021.” Milliman White Paper, December 2022.
  • “ACO REACH: Direct Contracting 2.0.” Milliman White Paper, March 2022.
  • “How to Succeed in the ACA.” Milliman White Paper, February 2022.
  • “Evaluating Point Solutions – Employer Considerations.” Milliman White Paper, November 2021.
  • “Medicare Shared Savings Program: ACO financial results for 2020.” Milliman White Paper, November 2021.
  • “How does COVID-19 impact risk-based contracting?” Milliman White Paper, January 2021.
  • “Summary of changes to the CMS direct contracting program.” Milliman White Paper, December 2020.
  • “Is the vaccine for COVID-19 a white knight for employers?” Milliman White Paper, December 2020.
  • “Direct Contracting: A program summary and comparison with MSSP and NGACO.” Milliman White Paper, March 2020.
  • “How Employers Can Address Plan Selection Bias with Risk Adjustment.” Milliman White Paper, September 2019.

Recent Presentations

  • Society of Actuaries, Webinar, “Inflation in Healthcare”, August 2023.
  • Society of Actuaries, SOA Health Meeting, “Value Based Care: Panel Discussion,” June 2023.
  • Society of Actuaries, SOA Health Meeting, “The Inflating Game,” June 2023.
  • ACO Collaboration Event, “Succeeding as an ACO,” June 2023.
  • Society of Actuaries, “Value Based Care: Panel Discussion,” October 2022.
  • NAACOS, “Understanding the Preliminary Benchmark Reporting,” May 2022.
  • NAACOS, “Adapting ACO Strategy in a Post-Pandemic Environment and Track Selection,” April 2022.
  • Society of Actuaries, “Competitive Considerations in the ACA Market,” April 2022.
  • MCOL “Understanding and Evaluating the ACO REACH Model,” March 2022.
  • Employers Health Coalition of Idaho “COVID Costs to Employers,” January 2022.
  • MCOL “MSSP ACO Financial Results: The state of the MSSP ACO Market,” December 2021.
  • MCOL “How does COVID-19 impact risk-based contracting," March 2021.

Professional Designations

  • Fellow, Society of Actuaries
  • Member, American Academy of Actuaries

Education

  • BA, Economics, Brigham Young University

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