Traci Hughes, FSA, MAAA

Vice President & Senior Consulting Actuary
Dallas

thughes@lewisellis.com

Traci Hughes joined Lewis & Ellis in 2012 fresh out of college after interning with L&E for the summer after her graduation. Her areas of focus include statutory reserving and valuation, rate review, pricing and rate setting, and data analytics. Traci is heavily involved in Affordable Care Act (ACA) rate review for many state insurance department and Medicare bid reviews for the Center of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). Traci has experience volunteer tutoring throughout the years for Fort Worth ISD, friends and family, and Union Gospel Mission, enhancing her abilities to communicate mathematics to people whose expertise is outside of the math world. In her free time, Traci enjoys attending TCU sporting events and checking out local live music.

Publications

“A Look at Top Health Care Systems Around the World, May 2021” “A Primer on Mental Healthcare Supply and Demand, March 2021” “The Big Three of Telehealth: Three Benefit, Three Obstacles, Three Delivery Systems, February 2020”

Speaking Engagements

  • Society of Actuaries Health Meeting – June 2021: “A Look at Top Healthcare Systems and Efficiencies Around the World”
  • Southeastern Actuaries Conference – November 2019: “The Big Three of Telehealth: Three Benefit, Three Obstacles, Three Delivery Systems”
  • Community-Based Child Welfare National Symposium – October 2019: “Financial: Funding Models”

Professional

Fellow, Society of Actuaries Member, American Academy of Actuaries Member, Society of Actuaries Strategic Initiative 18|11, Managed Care 3.0 Taskforce, 2020

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Concentration in Actuarial Science Minor in Economics Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

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