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February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Value-based insurance design (V-BID) acknowledges the importance of cost-sharing, but aligns patient contributions with the interventions potential for clinical benefit, allowing treatment decisions based the value of the service. This article explains what V-BID is and its progression from idea to practice.
April 7, 2010 | Journal Article
Low-value medical services contribute to sky-rocketing health care costs in the United States. This article examines the benefits and challenges of developing programs that impose disincentives for low-value medical services.
February 4, 2013 | Journal Article
Transparency about benefits and cost sharing, and uniform definitions and descriptions of design attributes—in plain English—will be necessary to support informed consumer decision-making.
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
High copayments for medical services can cause patients to underuse essential therapies.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Although there is an eagerness to understand more about value-based purchasing (VBP) in health care, research methods examining the impact and implementation of the programs must be improved, according to this essay in Health Service Research in 2020.
November 21, 2011 | Journal Article
The revised Medicare Shared Savings Program makes concessions and compromises to encourage a fundamental effort at health system change.
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study proposes two methods of payment reform that could facilitate higher quality and lower cost "episode-of-care payment" and "comprehensive care payment" (condition-adjusted capitation).