News and Information
CNNMoney, August 19, 2008. New Study Suggests Increasing Prescription Co-payments for Chronic Diseases May Worsen Health Disparities, Adversely Affect Health.
Drug Benefit News, June 27, 2008: Demand Grows for Value-Based Rx Plans; As Insurers Expand Offerings, ROI Is Elusive. (PDF)
Press Release - May 22, 2008. Appointment of Michael Chernew, Ph.D., Founding Director of the Center and Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School, to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) (PDF)
May 14, 2008. Michael Chernew, PhD, testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee's Subcommittee on Health, entitled "Cost Sharing in Health Care Markets." (PDF)
The New York Times, May 2008: Even the Insured Feel Strain of Health Costs. Abelson R, Freudenheim M.
Obama Calls on OPM Director to Examine Skyrocketing Copayment Costs for Prescription Drugs. Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Governing Magazine, April 2008: The Price of Prevention. Goodman, J; Page 30
Consumer Driven Healthcare, March 2008: Employee compliance rises as medicine copays drop. Vol. 7, No. 3: 1-12 (PDF)
UMHS Press Release, January 2008. The co-pay connection: Lowering drug co-pays for chronic disease patients increases use of important preventive medicines, rigorous study shows.
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The Wall Street Journal, January 2008: Co-Payments Shown to Curb Number of Mammograms. Armstrong, D; Page D6
Consumer Driven Healthcare, August 2007: Value-based insurance design. VBID, much like CDH, attempts to align clinical and financial incentives. Vol. 6, No. 8:97-100 (PDF)
Managed Care Magazine, July 2007: "Lowering Copayments Can Improve Quality of Chronic Disease Care" (PDF)
HealthLeaders-InterStudy, June 2007:"Will Value-Based Pharmacy Design Take Off?" (PDF)
Spencer's Research Reports, June 8, 2007: "Value-Based Benefits Design Drives Diabetes Management Program" 325.5.-51 (PDF)
The New York Times, June 27, 2007: "Scant Drug Benefits Called Costly to Employers"
The Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2007: "New Tack on Copays: Cutting Them," Employers, Insurers Bet That Covering More of the Cost of Drugs
Can Save Money Over the Long Term for Chronic Conditions
Drug Benefit News, May 4, 2007: "Value-Based Plans Said to Pay For Themselves, Pass Legal Muster"
Milliman, May 1, 2007: Value-based insurance design: Putting a price on healthcare quality. Mirkin, D.
Ann Arbor Area Business Monthly, April 2007: "Health Care Cost Reform Discussion Continues"
New York Times, February 21, 2007: "Some Employers Are Offering Free Drugs"
UM Department of Public Relations and Marketing Communications, January 30, 2007: Fiscally responsible, clinically sensitive health insurance: To make the most of health dollars, use “Value-based Insurance Design” approach, U-M and Harvard experts say
University of Michigan unveils plan to eliminate co-payment for certain drugs to encourage use of medications to control diabetes.
AUDIO: June 1, 2006: Mark Fendrick discusses HSAs on Jack Lessenberry's NPR show.
Findings Magazine, Spring/Summer 2006 Volume 21 Number 2: "UM Research Leads to Novel Diabetes Medication Program"
Insurance Journal, April 25, 2006: University provides diabetes medicine free
NEWS RELEASE: University of Michigan, April 24, 2006: "UM unveils innovative medication program, inspired by VBID research on co-pays' impact on long-term health."
NEWS RELEASE: University of Michigan Health System, April 18, 2006: "More than half of older diabetics lack medicines that protect kidneys and heart, U-M study finds; Even those with clear signs of problems aren’t on ACE inhibitors or ARBs Better effort needed to ensure prescriptions & remove such barriers as high costs."
Chicago Sun-Times, April 24, 2006: "University to give free diabetes medicines to employees"
Associated Press, April 24, 2006: "University to provide diabetes medicine"
Inside Higher Education, April 24, 2006: Coverage of UM "MHealthy: Focus on diabetes"
Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger, April 24, 2006: "College to pay for diabetics' medicine"
Detroit Free Press, April 24, 2006: "U-M will cut drug costs in 2-year test"
Detroit News, April 24, 2006: Will free diabetes drugs cut health bills later?"
Ann Arbor News, April 24, 2006: U-M tries diabetes program
Kaisernetwork.org, April 2006: University of Michigan to start program that would give no-cost, discounted medications to employees, dependents with diabetes
Detroit Free Press, December 28, 2005: "Employers save by paying more; Covering employees' drug expenses keeps them healthier and at work"
Healthcare Intelligence Network, 2005: "Benefit-Based Co-Pays: Paying Less for a Prescription When You Need it More" (PDF)
Drug Benefit News, April 15, 2005: "Payers Raise the Bar by Lowering Barriers to Medications for Chronically Ill Enrollees" (PDF)
Managed Care: "Not So Much of a Reach: Let Sick Pay Less for Drugs" (PDF)
