funding

As an academic center, V-BID receives support in the form of staff and physical resources from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and the UM Medical Center.  Additional center funding is supported by private donations, event sponsorship or grants to specific faculty. The academic integrity, non-bias work of the Center's goals and activities are carried on independently of all funding sources; public or private.

To learn more about the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, contact Kaden Milkovich at kmilkovi@umich.edu or 734-615-9635. 

To support the center, a gift can be made online or mailed to:

V-BID Support
University of Michigan, School of Public Health
1415 Washington Heights, Suite 1800
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Attn: Gail McCulloch

Checks should be made out to the University of Michigan with a reference to the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID) 311182.

“Support for engaging in the design, evaluation and promotion of health insurance products to improve health outcomes and manage costs."

Additional funders of the V-BID Center include:

The Facts

Increases in patient copayments lowers HEDIS scores, demonstrating the connection between financial aspects of plan design and quality performance.

“Value-based insurance design eliminates or reduces co-payments or coinsurance for certain medications or types of care that are demonstrated to be crucial in preventing or managing disease."

- Ron Williams
Chairman and CEO
Aetna Inc.