Product Description
Leveraging Health tracks the evidence, the impact and the dividends in the marketplace from the experiences of the pioneers in value-based benefit design. If you are seeking wisdom of experienced benefits designers who have achieved better health outcomes and reduced cost trends for their covered lives, this book is the source.
Using real-world designs and showcasing the challenges and opportunities for health and economic improvement, these 3 leaders document the categories of levers (there are 3: prevention and wellness; chronic care management; and care delivery-guidance) as well as the time to achieve ROI.
The Center identified the original pioneering pathway that culminated in the 4-step health and quality improvement process that is now known as the 4Ds: Data, Design, Delivery, Dividends. Similar to the Six Sigma process of productivity improvement, the 4Ds guide the decision-maker through the process of value-based benefit design. And the Authors make this note: value-based benefit design [VBBD] is the suite of insurance plan design plus incentives and disincentives [the authors call these"levers"] that can be deployed outside of the insurance plan. That's important, they say, especially in these economic headwinds, so that even fully-insured companies can reap the health and economic rewards of VBBD in the absence of a fully-insured product in their marketplace.
The book represents a significant investment of resources and commitment to articulating the levers of value-based design – with snapshots of the most compelling strategies for improving health for every American and bending the cost trend for every healthcare stakeholder.
These levers ignite discussion and advance adoption of value-based programs in both public and private environments.
Using real-world designs and showcasing the challenges and opportunities for health and economic improvement, these 3 leaders document the categories of levers (there are 3: prevention and wellness; chronic care management; and care delivery-guidance) as well as the time to achieve ROI.
The Center identified the original pioneering pathway that culminated in the 4-step health and quality improvement process that is now known as the 4Ds: Data, Design, Delivery, Dividends. Similar to the Six Sigma process of productivity improvement, the 4Ds guide the decision-maker through the process of value-based benefit design. And the Authors make this note: value-based benefit design [VBBD] is the suite of insurance plan design plus incentives and disincentives [the authors call these"levers"] that can be deployed outside of the insurance plan. That's important, they say, especially in these economic headwinds, so that even fully-insured companies can reap the health and economic rewards of VBBD in the absence of a fully-insured product in their marketplace.
The book represents a significant investment of resources and commitment to articulating the levers of value-based design – with snapshots of the most compelling strategies for improving health for every American and bending the cost trend for every healthcare stakeholder.
These levers ignite discussion and advance adoption of value-based programs in both public and private environments.
