Brent Jensen

About Brent Jensen

I am a Principal and Consulting Actuary with over 15 years at Milliman, building a career at the intersection of actuarial science, value-based care, and health care strategy.Most actuaries work on one side of the payer-provider relationship. I\'ve spent my career on both. That dual perspective is uncommon, and it shapes how I approach every engagement. I help health plans price risk, manage reserves, and navigate the ACA and Medicare markets — and I help provider organizations understand, structure, and succeed in value-based contracts across Medicare, Medicare Advantage, commercial, and Medicaid.On the provider side, I work deeply on value-based care strategy — helping organizations evaluate contract structures, understand benchmark methodologies, manage financial risk, and build the internal capabilities to succeed in risk-based arrangements across Medicare, Medicare Advantage, commercial, and Medicaid markets.On the payer side, my ACA work spans risk-sharing arrangement evaluation, market analyses for expansion, pricing, provider contracting, and strategic planning. I\'ve also served as appointed actuary for multiple health plans. Because many of my clients operate across multiple markets, I\'m able to bring cross-market perspective that goes beyond any single product line.I\'ve also done extensive work for large employer clients — financial projections and budgeting, healthcare cost benchmarking, cost reduction strategy, plan design, contribution strategy, and actuarial opinions. That breadth across payers, providers, and employers gives me a grounded view of how health care financing works from every angle.Beyond the technical work, I\'ve built and led teams, helped manage our practice, and grown a book of business. I\'ve been a core part of our practice leadership — working alongside partners on strategy, hiring, and developing the next generation of consultants. Building people is something I care about as much as the analytical work.

Experience

1. Principal and Consulting Actuary, Fsa

   Milliman

   Sep 2021 — Present

   Senior leadership role with expanded responsibility for practice management, business development, and client strategy. Lead complex value-based care engagements for both payers and providers, and serve as appointed actuary for health plan clients, with sign-off authority on reserves and financial statements. Play a core role in practice leadership alongside partners — including hiring, compensation, manager development, and training.

Education

• Brigham Young University

  Bachelors, Economics, Actuarial Science

  2004 — 2010