Jeremy Kush
FSA, CERA, MAAA
Senior Consulting Actuary
Chicago, IL, US
Jeremy Kush is a senior consulting actuary with the Chicago office of Milliman. He joined the firm in 2010.
Experience
Prior to joining Milliman, Jeremy worked in the strategic development area of Assurant Health. He currently manages multiple teams, focusing his efforts on helping clients navigate the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Jeremy performs financial valuation, pricing, product development, and strategic risk management activities for a number of commercial healthcare companies. He helps a variety of clients, including insurance companies, provider owned health plans, employers, and administrators. Examples of Jeremy’s expertise include the following:
- Developing financial projections for multiple commercial health plans
- Performing feasibility analyses for multiple carriers considering expanding / contracting markets
- Designing new products for several commercial carriers to help shape their risk profile and optimize the ACA’s risk adjustment program
- Empowering ACA issuers to maximize profitability by identifying data-driven process improvements in risk adjustment
- Assisting health plans in two states with ACA individual and small group pricing and filing
- Developing financial risk models that utilize new technology and non-traditional data previously unavailable
- Working with international large employers to develop health plan strategies, which balance long-term sustainability and employee retention
- Performing due diligence and appraisal valuations for mergers and acquisitions
- Assessing capital adequacy through economic capital models and valuation of claim liability reserves
- Assisting two Medicare Part D carriers with product development, pricing, and filing
Professional Designations
- Fellow, Society of Actuaries
- Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst
- Member, American Academy of Actuaries
Education
- BBA, Actuarial Science, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Publications