Understanding how the Medicare system could spend more efficiently and improve the health of beneficiaries offers an important step forward to ensure the program's solvency.  V-BID has been included in major bipartisan health reform proposals including a prominent role in the Wyden-Isaacson "Better Care, Lower Cost Act" introduced last month.

Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID) programs are designed with the tenets of clinical nuance in mind.  Clinical nuance recognizes that 1) medical services differ in the amount of health produced, and 2) the clinical benefit derived from a specific service depends on the consumer using it, the provider, and where it is delivered.  V-BID programs reduce or eliminate consumer cost-sharing for evidence-based services, mitigating a concern that cost-related underuse will lead to adverse clinical outcomes for beneficiaries and higher overall Medicare spending.

For more information on the V-BID and the Congressional briefing. please visit our website or contact us at 734-615-9635 or vbidcenter@umich.edu. 

The University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design leads in research, development, and advocacy for innovative health benefit plans.