Tim McDonald, PhD, MPP

Their study found cost nudges had minimal effect on clinic selection, as 85% already chose lower-cost tiers, suggesting tiered benefit design works.

Based on their findings, the 2 experts suggested that tiered benefit design may already strongly influence consumer choices.

Findings from a randomized controlled trial on reducing information barriers for consumers selecting primary care clinics in a tiered network design demonstrate limited marginal effect of the intervention.