Aaron Gates

FSA, MAAA

Consulting Actuary

Seattle, WA, US

Aaron Gates is a consulting actuary with Milliman’s Seattle Health Practice. He joined the firm in 2011. He has over nine years of experience providing actuarial support and consulting services to commercial carriers, as well as Medicare Advantage, managed Medicaid, and public employee benefits organizations.

Download bio

Loading component...

Experience

Aaron has worked on a variety of projects, many focused on public employee benefits budget projections, individual exchange market pricing, Medicaid managed care, and provider reimbursement. Examples of his experience include:

Public employee benefit consulting including annual procurement support, collective bargaining support, model construction, risk adjustment analysis, and reporting and analysis for subgroups
Projection model methodology updates for state PEB and SEB programs, with improved projections for self-insured claims, integration of a wellness program, and an updated model structure and reporting template to provide breakout of population subgroups and budget drivers
Self-insured plan support including IBNP analysis
Medicare Advantage bid submissions
Individual exchange market rate filings, including rate development in 12 states and provider reimbursement negotiation support
Provider reimbursement expertise including annual research to produce standardized reports from Medicare Cost Reports, including provider profitability, relative reimbursement estimates, hospital occupancy, and evaluations to show reimbursement compared to Medicare and Medicaid fee schedules

Professional Designations

Member, American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA), 2011
Fellow, Society of Actuaries (FSA), 2016

Education

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics Summa cum Laude, University of Alaska Anchorage

Loading component...

Publications

Read their latest work

Article

Hospital financial results from the FY2022 CMS Medicare cost reports

08 February 2024 - by Aaron Gates, Scott C. Phillips

We present hospital results from the CMS Medicare cost reports for fiscal year 2022, including data on margins, occupancy rates, and Medicaid reimbursement.

Aaron Gates

Loading component...

Experience

Loading component...

Read their latest work

Hospital financial results from the FY2022 CMS Medicare cost reports

CHOOSE A LOCATION AND LANGUAGE

Aaron Gates

Experience

CHOOSE A LOCATION AND LANGUAGE