Posts Tagged “Incentives”
ShowHide CommentaryWhat Works in Financial Incentives
by Kevin Roche on Monday, December 5, 2011
Both providers and consumers are increasingly subjected to positive and negative inducements to behave in certain ways. An article in the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine explores some possible behavioral and ethical rules for the design of patient-oriented incentive programs.
Tags: Consumers, Health Care Costs, Health Care Quality, Incentives
Value-Based Insurance Plan Design
by Kevin Roche on Thursday, February 4, 2010
Value-based insurance design attempts to use cost-sharing to maximize use of health services that lead to good health outcomes. Two recent analyses demonstrate that cost-sharing features of health care coverage can lead to good and bad outcomes.
Tags: Health Insurance, Incentives
Health Incentive News
by Kevin Roche on Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Several groups have recently released reports on the expanding science of using incentives and benefit design to encourage consumer involvement in health and lower costs.
Tags: Consumer Directed Health, Incentives, Wellness and Prevention
Individual Health Responsibility
by Kevin Roche on Monday, July 27, 2009
Any health reform needs to ensure that there are adequate incentives to motivate individuals to take responsibility for lifestyle decisions that affect health.
Tags: Consumer Directed Health, Consumers, Incentives, Wellness and Prevention
Cost Sharing and Health Outcomes
by Kevin Roche on Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Patient cost sharing reduces utilization, but appears to limit use of appropriate as well as inappropriate care.
Tags: Consumers, Government, Health Care Costs, Incentives
Once Again, Health Care Change is Hard
by Kevin Roche on Thursday, June 18, 2009
Many unions and some disease advocacy groups are objecting to the wellness and prevention provisions proposed in some health reform measures. In a USA Today article, the difficulties of our “system” once again point out the impediments to improvement.
Tags: Consumers, Health Insurance, Incentives, Wellness and Prevention
Safeway’s Health Care Prescription
by Kevin Roche on Monday, June 15, 2009
Safeway Inc. has received a great deal attention around its health care plan and apparent cost savings. The essence of the plan is putting employees and their dependents directly at financial risk for improvements in certain key health-related behaviors.
EEOC Working Hard to Help Improve Health and Control Costs—Not
by Kevin Roche on Thursday, May 21, 2009
In informal responses to inquiries about the use of health risk assessments and wellness incentives, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has indicated that it will use the Americans with Disabilities Act and its general powers to limit the ability of employers to enact programs designed to improve the health of employee populations and control health care costs.
Tags: Government, Health Insurance, HRAs, Incentives
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