Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Through the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) ...

Value-based insurance design (VBID) is a strategy that reduces cost sharing for high-value services and increases consumers’ out-of-pocket spending for low-value care. VBID has increasingly been ...

A look at value-based insurance design, and how it provides a way to reduce financial barriers to care for people with chronic conditions. This article was written by Jon Christianson, PhD, Medica ...

Value-based insurance design (VBID) has been used by employers to encourage use of and increase access to evidence-based health services. The core mechanisms of VBID align patient cost-sharing amounts ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bind Benefits, Inc., released data that illustrates the impact better health insurance design is having on consumers and their employers. The biggest takeaway: Consumers ...

Insurance solutions—more broadly referred to as risk transfer—that are parametric in design have become a common point of conversation between insurance buyers and their risk advisors when discussing ...

Years ago, Chris Boggs authored a phenomenal white paper titled “How to Read an Insurance Policy.” Everyone selling insurance, adjusting claims, and underwriting should read it, especially people new ...

Value-based insurance design (VBID) is a strategy that minimizes or eliminates out-of-pocket costs for high-value services in defined patient populations. Primary care is a high-value form of care and ...