V-BID in action: Michigan Medicaid Expansion
February 25, 2014
In September 2013, Michigan became the 25th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The new Healthy Michigan Plan will provide coverage to an additional 470,000 residents over the next several years. Among the provisions of Public Act 107 of 2013, the Healthy Michigan Plan relies on V-BID to improve access, control costs, and enhance personal responsibility.
Read more in our newest V-BID Brief: Michigan Medicaid Expansion.
Incorporating V-BID into the Healthy Michigan Plan follows the recent CMS rule giving Medicaid programs greater flexibility to vary enrollee cost-sharing for drugs as well as certain outpatient, emergency department, and inpatient visits.
When V-BID principles are used to set enrollee cost-sharing levels, Medicaid programs can improve quality of care, remove waste, foster consumer engagement, and mitigate the legitimate concern that non-nuanced cost-sharing may lead individuals to forgo clinically important care.
For more information about V-BID, please visit our website, or contact us at (734) 615-9635 or vbidcenter@
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