Simon Moody is a principal and consulting actuary in the Milwaukee office of Milliman. He first joined the London Health Practice of Milliman in June 2009, after working for various employers in the global healthcare, insurance, and reinsurance industry. Simon transferred to Milwaukee in November 2012.
Simon has more than 20 years of experience working with health provider organizations, insurers, CMS, and a variety of other organizations. He has significant experience working with providers and payers in the design, evaluation, audit, and performance monitoring of various population-based reimbursement agreements. He also works with a number of health systems and ACOs to design and implement internal distribution models. Simon has extensive Medicare Advantage expertise, including, assisting health plans with CMS regulatory filings.
His specific areas of expertise include:
Development, actuarial modeling, and negotiation of payer-provider contracts, including population-based and shared-risk reimbursement, narrow network offerings, and CMS payment models
Development of internal models for distributing payments from population-based payment contracts across provider networks
Population and utilization demand modeling for healthcare provider systems
Medicare Advantage bid development and certification, feasibility studies, and associated services
Professional Designations
Fellow, Society of Actuaries
Member, American Academy of Actuaries
Education
BSc (Hons), Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics & Economics, University of Warwick, UK
12 February 2024 - by Anders Larson, Brent Jensen, Blaine Miller, Simon Moody
As providers increasingly adopt value-based care for reimbursement, it’s important they know the dynamics of each market, from Medicare to commercial to Medicaid.
08 November 2023 - by Austin Barrington, Simon Moody, Sam Shellabarger
As value-based contracting continues to gain popularity in Medicare, health plans and providers need to work together to develop reasonable terms, good working relationships, and opportunities for both parties to win. In this session, we discuss different ways to achieve these goals to ensure value creation with aligned incentives.
12 April 2019 - by Michael T. Hunter, Emma Kramer, Simon Moody
This article summarizes the key issues providers need to consider before taking on Part D risk, an increasingly common ask from Medicare Advantage organizations, and highlights some of the complexities and common barriers observed when advising provider clients on their strategies for Part D risk.
Employers are becoming increasingly involved in the movement toward value-based reimbursement, particularly employers that self-fund the healthcare needs of their employees.
12 January 2017 - by Kimberley Hiemenz, Simon Moody
It is imperative that providers review their Medicare Advantage shared-risk arrangements annually, particularly shared-risk arrangements set up to span multiple years.
22 December 2015 - by Kimberley Hiemenz, Simon Moody
The impact of risk adjustment can be substantial, and health plans operating under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) need a thoughtful and innovative plan for managing risk scores.