This study examined the association between health insurance design features and choice of physical therapy or chiropractic care by patients with new-onset low back pain. Objectives: To determine the ...

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 ...

A value-based insurance design (VBID) model tested in Connecticut was able to boost the use of preventive healthcare services among participants, according to new research published in the journal ...

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) ...

Enrollment in high-deductible health plans is increasing out-of-pocket spending. But innovative plans that pair deductibles with value-based insurance designs can help preserve low-cost access to high ...

Value-based insurance designs frequently lower consumers’ cost sharing to motivate healthy behavior, such as adhering to medication regimens. Few health care purchasers have followed the more ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ge Bai is professor of accounting & health policy at Johns Hopkins. The primary reason for the premium jump is the out-of-pocket ...

To lower health care costs, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) offer tax incentives encouraging people to trade off current consumption against future consumption. This paper tests whether consumers use ...

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, ...