Cyndy’s Voice on Value

Jack Mahoney and VBD

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Jack Mahoney, MD, Chief Medical Officer of the Center, is highlighted in this article for his work in value-based  design.

Among Dr. Mahoney’s comments on the challenges in implementing value-based designs:

People may be used to research conducted by double-blind

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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 …

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 …

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 …

CHVI Members Honored as 2009 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Center for Health Value Innovation Members Honored as 2009 Best Employers for Health Lifestyles By National Business Group on Health

ST.  LOUIS, Mo. – June 30, 2009 – The Center for Health Value Innovation, (www.vbhealth.org), the nation’s premier …

Leaders in Value Based Insurance Design Applaud Support from Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

Monday, June 1st, 2009

ST.  LOUIS, Mo. – June 1, 2009 – Citing an op-ed in the Houston Chronicle (5/28) where Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) wrote, “One of the most promising new concepts in health care delivery is Value Based Insurance Design (VBID), …

Employee Benefits Adviser interviews CHVI’s Cyndy Nayer

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Cyndy Nayer, president of the Center for Health Value Innovation, talks about value-based health design on this episode of the EBA podcast. Nayer discussed the links between behavioral economics and worker health, and why this matters to companies concerned …

CHVI President Commends Cigna and Merck

Monday, May 25th, 2009

CHVI President Cyndy Nayer is quoted in an article on HartfordBusiness.com, praising an unusual pay-for-performance contract between Cigna and Merck. The deal is this: Cigna gets discounts on Merck diabetes drugs Januvia and Janumet if covered patients take their drugs …

Outcomes-Based Contracting Rewards Improved Health

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

This New York Times piece highlights a major step forward by Cigna and Merck:

Merck has agreed to peg what the insurer Cigna pays for the diabetes drugs Januvia and Janumet to how well Type 2 diabetes patients are able …

Blue Shield of California Quietly Explores Value-Based Designs

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

HealthLeaders InterStudy publishes a journal, California Health Plan Analysis, which regularly reviews trends in the nation’s largest state. Value-based innovations took a leading role in the spring 2009 issue:

So far, VBID has been pioneered by the largest companies that

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Testimony of Dr. Jack Mahoney: Value-Based Health Care Works

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Testimony of Dr. John J. (Jack) Mahoney 
Former Director, Strategic Healthcare Initiatives, Pitney Bowes 

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
Chairman Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) 

Hearing on: “Prevention and Public Health: The Key to Transforming our Sickcare System,” December …

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