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VBID in Action: Connecticut Health Enhancement Plan
When Connecticut was facing a projected budget gap of $3.8 billion, the governor's office and a coalition of unions considered how to make changes to the state health plan in order to mitigate the shortfall.
This article was collaboratively written by A. Mark Fendrick, MD, director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID), and several V-BID Center staff.
In fiscal year 2012, the State of Connecticut faced a projected budget gap of $3.8 billion. The governor’s office and a coalition of unions representing state employees considered a wide range of options to mitigate this shortfall, including changes to the state health plan covering active and retired state employees. The parties focused healthcare discussions on methods to improve health as a means to control long-term costs. This led to the October 2011 launch of an uncommonly innovative initiative—the Connecticut Health Enhancement Program (HEP).
HEP is designed to incorporate the principles of value-based insurance design (VBID). This entails: 1) reducing financial barriers that deter use of evidence-based services and high-performing providers; and 2) imposing disincentives that discourage use of low-value care. By eliminating barriers to specified clinical services based on beneficiary demographics and medical history, payers, purchasers, taxpayers, and consumers can attain more health for every dollar spent.
To learn more about the Connecticut Health Enhancement Plan, view the infographic below, and read the issue brief and 2015 update on the V-BID Center website.
Empowering Community Health Through Wellness and Faith
April 23rd 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In the third episode, Camille Clarke-Smith, EdD, MS, CHES, CPT, discusses approaching community health holistically through spiritual and community engagement.
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Overcoming Employment Barriers for Lasting Social Impact: Freedom House 2.0 and Pathways to Work
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Survey Results Reveal Potential Factors Slowing the Decline in Cardiovascular Mortality Rate
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Award-Winning Poster Presentations From AMCP 2024
April 23rd 2024At the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) 2024 annual meeting, multiple poster presentations concerned with health equity, data collection, glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists, and more were acknowledged for their originality, relevance, clarity, bias, and quality.
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