Modern Healthcare [1] cited findings from a HCFO-funded study [2]by Matthew Maciejewski, Ph.D., Duke University and Durham Veteran’s Administration. In a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature, Maciejewski and colleagues examined the patient and health care system benefits of value-based insurance design and found [3]that lowering patient cost-sharing led to improvements in medication adherence and lower patient out-of-pocket spending, but it did not significantly reduce overall health care spending in the short-term.
Links:
[1] http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140203/NEWS/302039974/reform-update-drug-adherence-may-improve-with-incentives-but
[2] http://www.hcfo.org/grants/patient-and-system-benefits-value-based-insurance-design
[3] http://www.hcfo.org/publications/value-based-insurance-design-quality-improvement-no-cost-savings
[4] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/benefit-design
[5] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/consumer-behavior
[6] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/costs-and-cost-containment
[7] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/insurance-coverage
[8] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/prescription-drugs