Staff
The most tenured member of the OWA Health Staff
Who is Tammy Tomczyk
This major national umbrella company counts for 3 of our top 5 clients
Who are the Blues (Blue Cross Blue Shield)
This term refers to the principal that a sum of money today is worth more than the same sum in the future
What is the Time Value of Money
Under this ACA program, insurers with healthier-than-average enrollees transfer funds to those with sicker populations to stabilize premiums.
What is the Risk Adjustment program
This Milwaukee landmark is named in memorial of Milwaukee's 32nd mayor
What is the Hoan Bridge
This office has grown incredibly since Jan 2025, with over a 500% increase in Staff
Where is San Francisco
This working group at 121% YTD realization in Feb, is our current leading revenue generator
Who is the Provider Working Group
Every actuary had their moment learning about these two descriptive measures of probability distributions
What are Expected Value and Variance
This large and visually appealing 2025 legislation made changes to Medicaid, Uninsured Populations, Healthcare Financing, Telehealth, and Direct Primary Care
What is the One Big Beautiful Bill
This nickname for Milwaukee is originated in neither Beer nor Dairy, but a distinct brick seen commonly in historic buildings in Milwaukee
What is Cream City
HCSC, Marsh, Guidehouse
This client provided the most revenue in 2025
Who is Kaiser Permanente
This principal of determining reasonability assigns weight to experience based on volume, often using a square root or limited fluctuation formula.
What is Credibility
This 2010 law introduced medical loss ratio requirements, requiring insurers to spend at least 80–85% of premiums on medical care and quality improvement.
What is the Affordable Care Act
The Milwaukee area is home to at least 10 colleges and universities, 5 of which are.
Who are Marquette, MSOE, MIAD, UW-Milwaukee, MATC, Concordia, Wisconsin Lutheran, Carroll, Mount Mary, Alverno, and Herzing
During the Validate Health Acquisition, we aquired this many staff members
What is twelve (plus two external consultants)
These two clients have had our actuaries sit as interim VP-Level Employees in the Past Year
Who are Gravie and HCSC
This method projects ultimate claims by applying development factors to immature claims, commonly used in reserving triangles.
What is the Chain Ladder Method?
Under CMS rate-setting for Medicare Advantage, this component adjusts plan payments based on the relative disease burden of enrolled members
What is the Risk Adjustment Factor (RAF) or HCC risk scoring
These three rivers run through the heart of Milwaukee before joining and running out to the lake
What are the Milwaukee, the Menomonee and the Kinnickinnic
We are hiring 3 analysts and 4 interns this summer, name 3 of them
Analysts: Kevin, Alyshba, Brady
Interns: Damien, Meaghan, Ethan, Justin
This freelance Massachusetts resident has a passion for affordable Medical and Dental care and is the state's extra round of review after Oliver Wyman
Who is Doctor Riskala
This statistical measure quantifies the variation of a distribution relative to its mean and is often used in assessing claim volatility.
What is coefficient of variation
This CMMI model assigns beneficiaries to accountable care organizations and shares savings or losses against a benchmark based on historical spending, with tracks ranging from upside-only to two-sided risk.
What is the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP)
This visual pillar of the Milwaukee community is recognized as the oldest company in the city, with origins dating back to 1855, despite near bankrupcy from a train accident in 1857
Who is Northwestern Mutual