Thursday, February 17, 2011

Value Based Benefit Designs: Do They Work?

Value based benefit designs inherently make sense but do they save money? According to this article the jury is still out. But from what I have seen most of the studies focus on self-funded groups not smaller fully insured ones. Given that the positive results of such a design take at least two years to appear, offering the concept to small employers who can switch carriers from year to year can be pointless:

http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/page-3/HEP-262708/ValueBased-Benefits-Are-We-There-Yet

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