Kevin G. Volpp, MD, PhD

March 17, 2021

Clinician-, patient-, and research-focused initiatives are needed to reduce the delivery of low-value care services that contribute to financial, clinical, and psychological harm for patients.

March 16, 2018

Allowing the appropriateness of services to play a more meaningful role in the design of physician and patient incentives may improve the value of care.

October 16, 2017

Financial incentives created under the Affordable Care Act can help promote employer wellness programs and support preventive services utilization.

June 21, 2017

Patients who enrolled in a trial to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol spoke positively of the multifaceted intervention: pillbox monitoring and financial incentives were socially acceptable.

February 16, 2017

A retrospective claims analysis showed that synchronized refill schedules were associated with better medication adherence among Medicare Advantage patients taking multiple maintenance medications.

September 20, 2016

This article details strategies based on principles from psychology and economics that health systems may use to align with physicians.

September 30, 2015

This study extends value-based insurance design concepts in testing the impact on blood pressure control of rewards that provided negative co-payments for blood pressure medication.

September 30, 2015

This study tests the impact on blood pressure control of a reward that lowered co-payments for blood pressure medication to $0.

July 16, 2015

The ACA eliminated patient cost sharing for evidence-based preventive care, yet this policy has not resulted in substantial increases in colonoscopy and mammography utilization.