LVBCH Roundtable - October 30, 2014
"Benefit Design in the Post-ACA Environment"
You are invited to attend an educational event co-sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Business Coalition on Healthcare (LVBCH) and Merck. The session will focus on benefit design options for employers in the post Affordable Care Act (ACA) environment.
This exclusive event will include a thought-provoking presentation by Mark Fendrick, MD, a professor of internal medicine in the School of Medicine and a professor of health management and policy in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan.
"The ultimate test of health care transformation will be whether it improves health and addresses rising costs. Tools like value-based insurance design (VBID), that change focus from how much to how well we spend our health care dollars, will better enable the achievement of these goals."
You will learn how value-based insurance design (VBID) optimizes the amount of health benefit gained per dollar spent with a focus on long-term outcomes of improved functional health. When used in an employer setting, VBID is an engagement tool supporting an evidence-based approach to managing health outcomes. We are pleased to offer this session as a follow-up to the Patient-Centered Medical Home event that Merck sponsored for LVBCH members last October.
Additional information about the event as well as a list of learning objectives is presented below. This is one educational event you will not want to miss!
Please RSVP by Friday, 10/17/14.
What You Will Learn
- An overview of the current benefit design landscape
- The role of benefit design models in the evolving health care system and
potential impacts of these models - Key considerations and challenges in developing and implementing
new benefit design offerings to your employees - The general concept of and the motivation for value-based insurance designs (VBID)
including various examples of VBID models - The potential clinical and economic impact of VBID to payers
- The key successes and challenges in developing and implementing VBID
- The role of VBID in an evolving health care system
Program Schedule
11:30 am Registration, Buffet Lunch & Networking2:00 pm Adjournment
Featured Speaker
A. Mark Fendrick, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School &
Professor of Health Management and Policy,
School of Public Health
University of Michigan
A. Mark Fendrick, MD, is a professor of internal medicine in the School of Medicine and a professor of health management and policy in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. He currently directs the Health Services Research Core Laboratory and is co-director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design at the university.
Dr. Fendrick’s research focuses on clinical and economic assessment of medical interventions and technological innovation impact on clinical practice and health care systems. He has authored over 200 articles and book chapters and lectures on health and cost implications of medical interventions. Dr. Fendrick is the coeditor-in-chief of the American Journal of Managed Care and is on editorial boards of other peer-reviewed publications. He serves on the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee.
Dr. Fendrick received his bachelor’s degree in economics and chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and his medical degree from Harvard Medical School.
Event Sponsor
Registration Information
- Cost to attend is FREE.
- Registration Deadline: Friday, October 17, 2014
- Space is limited, you must register to attend this event.
- Registrations will NOT be accepted at the door.