Posts Tagged ‘ Nayer ’

Gabby Giffords Is the Reality Star of US Healthcare [posted on MCOLblog.com]

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

I’m told that one should not mix stories in a blog, but, as a serial disruptor, I’m about to do just that.  I’m inspired by Representative Giffords and see her story as a frame for some ideas that simply won’t

2012: The Genius of Change-Agency

Monday, January 16th, 2012

It’s January 16, 2012, it’s Martin Luther King Day and his words serve as inspiration for all that is difficult to achieve.  Health is one of those challenges, so I’m framing this post with Dr. King’s quotes in the hope that you, like I, will once again be inspired to reach higher for improvement and lower to provide the hand-up to those who continue to struggle.

Nayer on Health Innovation: Impacts Not Inputs

Sunday, March 13th, 2011

Innovation comes in many ways, down many avenues.  For years I’ve been intrigued by the concept of travel to the stars—from watching John Glenn’s first lift off, through StarTrek and StarWars, and later to John Glenn’s 2nd lift off.  …

CHVI: Value-Based Design 2010 Survey Results Are Published

CHVI produces report with Buck Consultants

Sunday, February 13th, 2011

The results are in, and they are everything we hoped for!  VBD delivers for 176 companies, 4 million covered lives.  87% of the levers are for prevention and wellness, and companies share how they measure success, what levers they use, …

E Pluribus Unum

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Watching the President in Tuscon on Wedsnesday evening, I was struck by how far afield we have gone from a united federation.  Why is this important to our mission and our Center?  Because Christina-Taylor Green is the child of each …

Nayer discusses value-based designs and outcomes based contractingTM

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Outcomes-Based ContractingTM: The Value-Based Framework for Optimal Accountability

The Value-Based Framework for Optimal Accountability

Monday, August 16th, 2010

The importance of aligning incentives cannot be overstated: for health status to improve all of the stakeholders must be focused on producing a healthier person or persons, which is an investment strategy.

Wisconsin: Levers Drive Value-Based Innovation Across The State

Friday, July 9th, 2010

This report, Wisconsin: Levers Drive Value-Based Innovation Across the State, makes a business case for value-based design as illustrated by Wisconsin companies Quad/Graphics [QuadMed], Humana, Journal Communications and Chippewa County.

Cyndy Nayer and John E. Riedel Present on Leveraging Health: A Primer for Health Promotion Practitioners using Value-Based Designs

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

. . .These experiments that utilized reductions in co-pays for some populations continued to broaden with the inclusion of incentives for participation in annual or baseline health risk assessments. . .

SeeChange Health Launches First Insurance Company Focused on Wellness thru Value-Based Benefit Design

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

Industry Ally to the Center, SeeChange Health has launched the first insurance company built on prevention-wellness and value-based designs.  As an Industry Ally, SeeChange Health used the expert guidance and evidence from the Center in crafting their new product, now …

Nayer, Mahoney: Value-Based Design in Journal of Compensation and Benefits

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

Building on their consistent theme of value-based benefit designs linked to meaningful behavior change, Cyndy Nayer and Jack Mahoney, M.D. have released  evidence documenting the link from Value-Based Design to behavioral health.  Adherence is the sustainable goal when designers fully …

Health Promotion Practitioners’ Primer on Value-Based Design now available

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

John Riedel, of Riedel and Associates, and Cyndy Nayer (CEO of the Center for Health Value Innovation) have written a primer for Health Promotion Practitioners on value-based benefit designs.  The primer, published in the Art of Health Promotion (a section …

Health and Productivity Management-Value-Based Design Clinic offered

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Through a collaboration of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), the Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI), and the Center for Health Value Innovation (the Center or CHVI), a new and exciting Health and Productivity Management clinic will be …

TriZetto Joins the Center

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

TriZetto Joins Center for Health Value Innovation, Signals Role of Healthcare Information Technology in Accelerating Adoption of Value-Based Solutions