Value-based insurance design (VBID) has been used by employers to encourage use of and increase access to evidence-based health services. The core mechanisms of VBID align patient cost-sharing amounts ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

Value-based insurance design (VBID) is a strategy that reduces cost sharing for high-value services and increases consumers’ out-of-pocket spending for low-value care. VBID has increasingly been ...

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 ...