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 | Latest V-BID regulation: Preventive women's services
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| November 15 Symposium update |
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Registration is now open for our 2011 V-BID Center Symposium. We are delighted to announce our latest confirmed speaker, Alan Weil, Executive Director of the National Academy for State Health Policy . For a full list of speakers and activities, as well as on-line registration, please visit the Symposium website.
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| Medicare Part D reduces nondrug spending
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| | | A new study in Health Services Research by Christopher C. Afendulis, Yulei He, Alan M. Zaslavsky and the V-BID Center's Michael E. Chernew shows that increased drug usage associated with Medicare Part D reduced use of nondrug healthcare resources. For the conditions studied, Part D reduced the rate of hospitalizations by 4.1 percent.
A July Journal of the American Medical Association article by J. Michael McWilliams, Alan M. Zaslavsky, and Haiden A. Huskamp shows that Part D reduced nondrug medical spending for Medicare beneficiaries with limited prior drug coverage.
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| AJMC article presents 'what works' in value-based purchasing
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 A new article in the American Journal of Managed Care by Gloria N. Eldridge and Holly Korda reviews the evidence in 3 areas of value-based purchasing: service delivery integration, payment, and value-based insurance design. |
| V-BID back on the table for Connecticut state employees
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As we reported earlier this summer, the State of Connecticut has been considering a V-BID plan for state employees. After failing to be ratified June 24, the health plan with V-BID elements now appears to be be back in negotiation.
Read more on Connecticut's Revised Tentative Agreement
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| V-BID Center Faculty at upcoming events |
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- August 24-26, Singapore: 6th Singapore Public Health & Occupational Medicine Conference: "Dollars and Sense - Value-Based Insurance Design"
- September 1, Grantville, PA: Capital BlueCross Employer Symposium
- September 12, London, UK: Nuffield Trust "How can the power of competition and integration be combined to drive greater efficiency and high quality care?"
- September 22, Williamsburg, VA: Virginia Business Coalition on Health: Fall Program and Membership Meeting
Read more on V-BID Events
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