Acumen Actuarial LLC
Biographical Sketch: Daniel Bailey is an independent consulting health actuary in West Hartford, Connecticut with 20 + years in positions of progressive responsibility from entry-level to AVP, VP, and Chief Actuary. His firm is Acumen Actuarial LLC. His background includes both commercial health care and government programs. He has worked with all group sizes, segments, and funding arrangements, from small group to federal and state government plans. Dan also has many years of experience with government programs, such as Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, CHIP, and high risk pools. He has also worked with pharmacy and medical stop loss. Dan has specialized recent experience with Medicare Advantage for individual and group HMO, PPO, and SNP bids. Most recently, Dan has been closely involved with health reform and helping clients prepare for the post-ACA future.
Prior to working independently and establishing Acumen Actuarial LLC, Dan was with OptumInsight for five and a half years as a consulting health actuary. Prior to Optum, Dan worked with several different types of payers. He has experience with Blues plans, community HMOs, not-for-profit, mutual, and for-profit payers. Dan joined Optum from Aetna, where he worked with commercial health and Medicare Advantage programs in multiple states. He has been a member of the Academy of Actuaries and certified actuary for two decades, and has signed hundreds of health insurance filings with various states and CMS.
Dan studied mathematics and literature and graduated summa cum laude as a University Scholar from the University of Connecticut. He also studied actuarial science in the graduate program of Binghamton University in Binghamton, NY. Dan is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and Member of the Academy of Actuaries, in good standing with both, and in full compliance with the annual continuing education requirements. He has been a contributing IAAHS member since inception.