ESTERO, FLA. – August 1, 2012 – Employers are invited to participate in the third annual survey of the Center for Health Value Innovation, a research tool aimed at pinpointing … [Read more...]
outcomes-based contracting
Report: Survey on Value-Based and Outcomes-Focused Designs

This year's survey has been developed to include both Value-Based (Insurance) Design (VBD) and Outcomes Based Contracting (OBC) questions. The survey was conducted in the summer … [Read more...]
Full Report Outcomes-Based Contracting: A Systematic Linking of Value-Based Design with Accountable Care
In an Outcomes-Based Contract, the strategy is to cause behavior change that will result in better health outcomes and predictable economic trends. This behavior change happens … [Read more...]
Minimally Invasive Procedures: Expanding VBD for Optimal Accountability including the Outcomes-Based Contracting Framework for Breast Biopsy, Hysterectomy, and Colectomy
In May of 2010, the Center for Health Value Innovation (CHVI) convened a cadre of experts from its Board to consider the implications of creating a value-based benefit design … [Read more...]
Center for Health Value Innovation Issues Call to Action to Health Plans on Importance of Outcomes-Based Contracting™ at AHIP Conference
President and CEO Cyndy Nayer leads discussion with Intel and HealthInsight to educate and hold providers accountable to align incentives to drive patient … [Read more...]
WellPoint (CHVI Board Director) Publishes Results of 2 VBD Studies
Anthem-Wellpoint has shown results in two studies on value-based design and chronic care that were recently published. The first, published in Am J Pharm Benefits. 2012;4(1):29-36, … [Read more...]
Outcomes-Based Contracting: White Papers Define OBC

Outcomes-Based ContractingTM: The Value-Based Framework for Optimal Accountability Minimally Invasive Procedures: Expanding Value-Based Design for Optimal Accountability including … [Read more...]
Outcomes-Based Contracting: Medical Home Aligns Payment for Providers with Patient Outcomes
Dr. Jerry Reeves, Director of Community Health Innovation for CHVI, recently published evidence of aligned incentives for better outcomes (Outcomes-Based Contracting) in Medical … [Read more...]
Outcomes-Based Contracting in 5 Dimensions: breaking the boundaries of value-based design
In a recent seminar (2011) conducted by the Center for Health Value Innovation (CHVI), attendees were invited to consider the broad application of health value across a suite of … [Read more...]
Nayer on Health Innovation: Impacts Not Inputs
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 … [Read more...]
CHVI Highlighted for Outcomes-Based Contracting (OBC) Findings for Chiropractic Services
Center for Health Value Innovation Report (2010) CHVI’s 2010 report, “Outcomes-Based Contracting™: The Value-Based Approach for Optimal Health with Chiropractic … [Read more...]
Fixing America’s Health Care Reimbursement System-Klepper
Pay attention, here, to Brian's assessment of the disconnects and friction in the health care system due to reimbursement strategy. You'll find that his call for transparency, … [Read more...]
CHVI: Value-Based Design 2010 Survey Results Are Published
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 … [Read more...]
Nayer and Hayes: Minimally Invasive Procedures and Outcomes-Based ContractingTM
[wposflv src=http://vbhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/Nayer-Hayeslg.flv width=320 height=240 title="Minimally Invasive Procedures and Outcomes-Based Contracting"] Recently, Cyndy … [Read more...]
The Health Value AcceleratorTM
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How do I determine which investments will give me quick waste reduction AND healthier, engaged employees? Where's the evidence? The Center for Health Value Innovation has the … [Read more...]
DIA Recorded Outcomes-Based ContractingTM: The Value-Based Framework for Optimal Accountability Teleconference
Did you miss the DIA Outcomes Based Contracting™: The Value-Based Framework for Optimal Accountability teleconference? Please click here to register for the recorded version! … [Read more...]
Nayer Accentuates the Outcomes-Based ContractTM that Delivers Dividends in VBBD
CIGNA and Merck Help Customers Better Manage Diabetes. Model Program Improves Health Outcomes and Reduces Overall Costs and Savings could be as much as $8,000 per person when … [Read more...]
CIGNA-Merck Outcomes-Based Contract™ Delivers on VBBD Dividends!
28 October 2010 CIGNA and Merck Help Customers Better Manage Diabetes Model Program Improves Health Outcomes and Reduces Overall Costs -Blood sugar levels improved by … [Read more...]
Nayer: CER and VBBD in DIA Global Forum
Cyndy Nayer, President and CEO of the Center for Health Value Innovation, published a paper in the distinguished Drug Information Association's Global Forum in 2010. The paper, … [Read more...]
Outcomes-Based Contracting: The Value-Based Approach for Optimal Health with Chiropractic Services
Milestone Document Released by The Center for Health Value Innovation Calls For inclusion of Chiropractic in Patient-Centered Models of Value-Based … [Read more...]
Improving the Quality of Medication Use and Bending the Trend on Financial Inflation with Value-Based Design and Outcomes-Based ContractingTM October 28, 2010, 1PM-2PM EDT
To reserve your place send an email to PQA by clicking here. Registration Deadline Is Approaching This session will provide an overview of Value Based Design and Outcomes-Based … [Read more...]
Outcomes-Based ContractingTM: The Value-Based Approach for Optimal Health with Chiropractic Services
As the country experiences innovation and adoption in health reform, the opportunity arises to expand the continuum of care services in order to apply the right mix of resources … [Read more...]
SeeChange Health Launches First Insurance Company Focused on Wellness thru Value-Based Benefit Design
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 … [Read more...]
Value-Based Designs And Outcomes-Based Contracting: Dividends, Health Reform
Cyndy Nayer has recently published 2 articles on Value-Based Designs and outcomes based contracting. The article in Clinical Therapeutics is the first of the call-to-action … [Read more...]
CHVI President Commends Cigna and Merck
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 … [Read more...]
Outcomes-Based Contracting Rewards Improved Health
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 … [Read more...]

