Bill J. ThompsonPrincipal, Consulting Actuary
 FSA, MAAA

Professional designations

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

Current responsibility

Bill is a principal and consulting actuary in the Hartford office of Milliman. He directs the healthcare consulting practice in that office and has been with the firm since 1988.
 

Experience

Bill began his actuarial career in 1970, focusing on healthcare. His consulting practice focuses on strategic and operational solutions to challenges in all areas of healthcare.

Bill's clients include insurers, HMOs, employers, hospitals, physician organizations, regulators, medical device manufacturers, and others. Recent consulting assignments have included:

  • Demutualizations
  • Appraisals of blocks of business
  • Organizational restructuring
  • Assessment of operational efficiencies
  • Provider contracting
  • Evaluation of consumer driven healthcare initiatives
  • Strategic and operational support to payers and employers with respect to Medicare Part D
  • Pricing, reserving, and development of financial projections
  • Reinsuring employee benefits into captive insurers
 

Affiliations

  • Past chairman, SOA Program Committee
  • Past member, AAA's State Health Committee and Health Organization Risk-Based Capital task force
  • Served a term on Milliman's Health Steering Committee and Public Relations Committee
  • Incoming chairman of Milliman's Marketing Committee
 

Presentations and publications

  • Bill is author of a chapter in the fourth edition of the Group Insurance textbook. He is a frequent speaker to actuarial and business audiences on current topics in healthcare. Bill directed Milliman's research on the cost of the Medicare Modernization Act and appeared on CNBC and CNN as Milliman's spokesperson.
  • Bill is also on the faculty of the American Academy of Actuaries Life and Health Qualification seminar and a facilitator at the Society of Actuaries Fellowship Admissions course.
 
CONTACT INFORMATION
Bill  J.  Thompson 

Office: Hartford, Conn.

Phone: +1 860.687.0124