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May 14, 2009. Federal Legislation to Advance Concepts of Value-Based Insurance Design in Medicare
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CQ HEALTHBEAT NEWS, June 2009. Focus Should be on Cost-Effectiveness of Chronic Disease Prevention Programs, Experts Say. (PDF)
MedImpact, June 2009. MedImpact Study Highlights Effects of Value-Based Benefit Design on Adherence to Diabetes Medications.
AHIP - HiWire, May 27, 2009. Plan Design Trumps Cost Shifting for Employers.
Oncology Times, May 2009. NCCN Panel Struggles to Put a Value on Cancer Care. Vol. 31, No. 10 (PDF)
National Pharmaceutical Council, May 2009. Improving Health Care Quality Through CER and VBID.
Population Health Insider, April 2009. Page 11, VBID may have a place in healthcare reform. Vol. 2, No. 4 (PDF)
April 29, 2009. Value Based Insurance Design Captures Prominent Role In Capitol Hill Health Care Reform Debate.
Health & Wellness Remedy Life, April 2009. Staying Healthy in a Tough Economy. Your health, not your money, is your most important asset.
April 7, 2009. Implementation Science. "A Controlled Trial of Value- Based Insurance Design -- The MHealthy: Focus on Diabetes Trial" (PDF)
AIS Health Business Daily, April 2009. Part D Plans Could Adopt VBID, But Regulatory Issues May Arise.
March 20, 2009. Commonwealth Fund Quality Matters Podcast: Increasing the Value of Health Care
Listen to an Interview with Dr. A. Mark Fendrick.
PR Newswire, March 2009. Experts Weigh in on Controversial Issue of Determining Value of Cancer Care at NCCN Conference.
March 3, 2009. Immediate Options Exist to Integrate Value-Based Insurance Design into Medicare Part D. (PDF)
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February 6, 2009. Senator Debbie Stabenow and Representative John Dingell Host Congressional Staff Briefing “Value-Based Insurance Design: Restoring Health to the Health Care Reform Debate”
View Dr. Fendrick's PowerPoint presentation from the briefing (2.26MB PDF)
The University Record, January 22, 2009. Diabetes medication program continues.
The Earth Times, January 12, 2009. The Center for Health Value Innovation Names Pioneers in Value-Based Health to its Board of Strategic Advisors.
JournalVBHM Value-Based Health Management. November 2008; Vol. 1, No. 1. (PDF)
The Wall Street Journal, November 2008. Workers Get Health Care at the Office. As Costs Rise, Some Employers Focus on Preventive Services; Relying on the On-Site Clinic.
The Earth Times, October 21, 2008. Health Plan of Nevada Medicare Advantage Plan Offers Value-Based Drug Option.
October 15, 2008. The University of Michigan received the Institute for Health and Productivity Management (IHPM) 2008 Initiative for Value-Based Health Benefits (IVB) Award for Public Employers. The IVB Award recognizes demonstrated leadership and innovation in value health management, including health benefit design, and highlights the University of Michigan's work to reduce barriers and improve health outcomes for its employees and dependents with diabetes mellitus through the MHealthy: Focus on Diabetes project.
October 1, 2008. View recent comments by the Center's founding director, Michael Chernew, Ph.D., at the Anthem Health Care Leadership Series, "Health Care Costs: Maine’s Burning Platform – Can We Extinguish the Fire?" held on the campus of the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine.
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.
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 (PDF)
Drug Benefit News, May 4, 2007: "Value-Based Plans Said to Pay For Themselves, Pass Legal Muster" (PDF)
Milliman, May 1, 2007: Value-based insurance design: Putting a price on healthcare quality. Mirkin, D.
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
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"
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."
Inside Higher Education, April 24, 2006: Coverage of UM "MHealthy: Focus on diabetes"
Kaisernetwork.org, April 2006: University of Michigan to start program that would give no-cost, discounted medications to employees, dependents with diabetes
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)
