William T. O'BrienConsulting Actuary
 FSA, MAAA

Current responsibility

Bill O'Brien is an actuary with the Houston office of Milliman.
 

Experience

Bill's major areas of expertise include reserving, financial forecasting and reporting, and pricing for all types of health insurance, including Medicaid, Medicare, Children and Commercial populations. His experience includes new product design and development, group and individual underwriting, evaluation of managed care networks, capitation arrangements, risk adjustment methods and risk sharing, as well as health care trend analyses. Mr. O'Brien provides consulting services to Commercial, Medicaid and Medicare health plans, provider organizations, and employer groups.

Prior to joining Milliman, Bill was a Principal with Ingenix Consulting for seven years and in independent practice for three years. Prior to that, he served as CFO and actuary for a hospital-owned health plan in central Florida.

Bill has 20 years experience as a health actuary including 13 years in consulting.
 

Affiliations

  • Senior Principal for outsourced monthly IBNR setting for a large west coast health plan with over $1 Billion in claims reserves.
  • Currently serves as Appointed Actuary for provider-owned health plans in Georgia and Michigan.
  • Operational reviews of health plan actuarial, pricing and underwriting areas.
  • New product development, including start-up commercial group businesses, Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP plans.
  • Frequent presentations at Society of Actuaries and other conferences. Recent topics include Reserve Setting, Healthcare Reform, and Medicaid health plans.
 

Education

  • B.S., Mathematics, Stetson University, 1988
 
CONTACT INFORMATION
William  T.  O'Brien 

Office: Houston, Texas

Phone: +1 713.658.8451