A look at value-based insurance design, and how it provides a way to reduce financial barriers to care for people with chronic conditions. This article was written by Jon Christianson, PhD, Medica ...

As value-based reimbursement forces healthcare providers to revamp their practices, a new Medicare Advantage pilot program is leading insurers to make their own quality adjustments as well. In many ...

This article is co-written by Suzanne Delbanco, PhD, MPH, executive director, Lea Tessitore, MBA, MSB, senior project and research manager, and Julianne McGarry, MPP, director of projects and research ...

Marjorie Ginsburg ( [email protected]) is the executive director of the Center for Healthcare Decisions, in Rancho Cordova, California. Value-based insurance designs frequently lower consumers’ cost ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Through the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bind Benefits, Inc., released data that illustrates the impact better health insurance design is having on consumers and their employers. The biggest takeaway: Consumers ...

The TriZetto Group Inc. announced this week a partnership with professors who founded the value-based insurance design movement to develop chronic-condition templates as options for healthcare payer ...

The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 has led to significant gains in health insurance coverage for many Americans. Despite this, many insured patients still ...

In 2019, the federal government will expand the Medicare Advantage value-based insurance design model to an additional 15 states and broaden the options available for participants. The changes, ...

Some time ago, I suggested a rule of thumb for advisors reviewing a proposal for premium financing. The rule’s simple: If you don’t see a stress-tested, clear-cut exit strategy that would allow the ...