A. Mark Fendrick, MD, co-editor-in-chief of The American Journal of Managed Care and director of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, testified before a Michigan senate subcommittee on the benefit of clinical nuance.
On Tuesday, The American Journal of Managed Care’s co-editor-in-chief, A. Mark Fendrick, MD, who is also the director of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID), testified in front of the Michigan Senate Health and Human Services Subcommittee on opportunities to improve the health of the state’s residents through the use of value-based services and how clinically nuanced cost-sharing can improve value.
Here is a look at the benefits of clinical nuance and VBID.
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