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Dr Mark Fendrick on VBID's Exciting Implications for the Future
Some exciting developments in value-based insurance design (VBID) have been the introduction of clinically nuanced cost sharing in Medicare Advantage programs, as well as the alignment of demand-side and supply-side payment reform initiatives, according to A. Mark Fendrick, MD, director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design at the University of Michigan.
Some exciting developments in value-based insurance design (VBID) have been the introduction of clinically nuanced cost sharing in Medicare Advantage programs, as well as the alignment of demand-side and supply-side payment reform initiatives, according to A. Mark Fendrick, MD, director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design at the University of Michigan.
Transcript (slightly modified)
What will the value-based insurance landscape look like in 2020?
There’s lots of momentum for value-based insurance design, or VBID, coming from both public and private payers. In the public space, we’re very excited about the launch of the value-based insurance design Medicare Advantage demonstration project, launching in January 1, 2017, in 9 health plans in 3 states, looking at common chronic conditions.
To see clinically nuanced cost sharing in the Medicare program is extraordinarily exciting for us, given that it was a very long and tenuous adjuvacy discussion, and now that we’ve seen a big uptake from both CMS and health plans to bring about lower out-of-pocket spending to Medicare beneficiaries, to get them the visits, the diagnostic tests, the drugs, and the procedures they need to manage their chronic diseases, is going to be a great step forward.
And to see this VBID demand-side initiative tied to the very exciting supply-side payment reform initiatives that are taking place across the country, should finally allow us to see alignment of quality-based incentives for both providers and patients.
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