Archive for July, 2009

Interesting Times, Indeed!

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

These are exciting times in the world of value-based health. As of this writing, value-based design wording has been included in the health policy bill from the U.S. House, and expansion of prevention and wellness incentives has made it into …

Introducing the Value-Based Approach

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Alabama Construction News did a three-page profile of the value-based approach to healthcare design, interviewing CHVI President Cyndy Nayer and chairman Mike Taylor. They talked about incentive-based measures to improve employee health and the experience of Caterpillar Inc., where Taylor …

Medicare Study Highights Need for Value-Based Research

Friday, July 24th, 2009
New data from the New England Journal of Medicine shows reduction in prescription costs can reduce non-adherence in Medicare, BUT…

The research in the NEJM shows that patients can be encouraged to adhere to their medication and management regimens through …

Free Drugs, or Generics?

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

An article published in the most recent edition of the American Journal of Managed Care looked at whether lower co-payments or generic drugs increased adherence to prescribed drug regimens. Generic prescribing modestly improved adherence in two of the five conditions …

Milliman Report on Value-Based Design and Diabetes

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Kathryn Fitch and the team at Milliman have produced this excellent report on the state of the value-based healthcare movement as it relates to diabetes management.  The analysis quantifies the projected costs associated with implementing VBID for diabetes drugs. Read …

Making Workers Get Their Checkups

Monday, July 20th, 2009

The Wall Street Journal reports on the activities of AmeriGas Propane, which got tough with its 6,000 employees. Many of the workers were aging, and 44 percent were smokers. Health costs, predictably, were rising and the health of the workers …

Center for Health Value Innovation Conducts Innovators’ Summit — Validates Levers and Dividends of Value Based Benefit Design

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

Twenty-two of the nation’s experts in value-based benefit
design (VBBD) convened recently at an Innovators’ Summit,
sponsored by the Center for Health Value Innovation
(www.vbhealth.org), to identify and weigh the 15 macro
levers that drive health improvement and bend the …

Poll: Most Executives Not Aware of True Cost of Health Care

Friday, July 10th, 2009

  • Nearly 74 percent of respondents polled during an online webinar said medical and pharmacy expenses were the largest cost drivers for their business
  • 75 percent of same respondents said saving money was the No. 1 goal of their health

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