Breaking: V-BID Included in Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force Recommendations
Washington, DC — On Wednesday, the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force released a 110-page document detailing recommendations for key issues, including health care.
V-BID Center Update: CMS Proposed Rule Encourages Medicaid Value-Based Drug Agreements
This update features policy developments, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives from mid to late June.
V-BID Center Update: Medicare Caps Insulin Copays, COVID-19 Waivers Extended
This update features policy developments, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives from late May to early June.
V-BID Center Update: V-BID included in CMS final payment rule, COVID-19 legislation
This update features policy developments, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives from late April through mid-May.
Press Release: HHS Proposed Rule Offers Support for V-BID X Health Plans
In the proposed 2021 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters rule, released on January 31, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared broad support for the inclusion of V-BID principles in marketplace health plans.
V-BID Center Update: V-BID Principles Continue to be Included in COVID-19 Relief
This update features policy developments, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives from early to late April.
V-BID Center Update: V-BID Principles Included In Federal COVID Relief
This update features policy developments, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives from early March to early April.
Press Release: CARES Act Expands COVID-19 Testing Coverage
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was signed into into law on March 25, 2020.
Press Release: Families First Coronavirus Response Act Eliminates Cost-Sharing for COVID-19 Testing
Wasington, DC -- On Wednesday, the President signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (HR 6201) into law. Among other stipulations, this legislation eliminates cost-sharing for COVID-19 testing.
BREAKING NEWS: New CMS Model Dramatically Reduces Insulin-Related Out-of-Pocket Costs
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a new model, Part D Senior Savings, dramatically reducing insulin-related out-of-pocket costs for 3 million Medicare beneficiaries.
BREAKING NEWS: IRS Responds to COVID-19 by Eliminating Cost-Sharing for Screening, Testing, and Vaccination
Breaking News: On March 11, 2020 IRS issued guidance (Notice 2020-15, High Deductible Health Plans and Expenses Related to COVID-19) confirming that health plans and employers may reduce or eliminate cost-sharing for COVID-19 screening, treatment, and vaccination, including for Americans enrolled in high-deductible health plans coupled with Health Savings Accounts.
V-BID Center Update: Health Plans Waive Cost Sharing on COVID-19 Testing, Universal HCV Screening, and More
This update features policy developments, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives from the end of mid-February to early March.
V-BID Center Late Winter 2020 Update: HHS Proposed Rule Includes Broad Support for V-BID & More
This update features policy developments, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives from the end of January to mid-February.
V-BID Center Midwinter 2020 Update: Our 2019 Year In Review, HSA-HDHP Legislation & More
This update features policy developments, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives from mid-December, 2019 through the end of January, 2020.
V-BID Principles Save Diabetics Over $1K
This week, the cost-saving principles of V-BID have made headlines. Fortune Magazine highlights how the V-BID Center‘s successes in policy enable high-deductible insurance plans to cover the cost of essential services. Reuters News reports on how CVS is putting V-BID principles into practice with the launch of a new program.