On October 30, 2012, participants from 27 states representing multiple stakeholder perspectives assembled in Ann Arbor to consider how the integration of innovative payment reform, delivery transformation, and consumer engagement initiatives encourage our dual objectives of improving quality and containing health care expenditures.
The 2011 V-BID Symposium, held on November 16, 2011, attracted over 350 attendees from across the US and beyond. The event fostered collaboration among a wide range of professionals whose work includes V-BID: employers, researchers, plan designers, healthcare executives, policy leaders, government officials, benefit consultants, and health IT leaders.
November 10, 2011 Washington, D.C. - The V-BID Center's Director, A. Mark Fendrick, MD, testified at the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The hearing was titled “Improving Quality, Lowering Costs: The Role of Health Care Delivery System Reform.” Dr. Fendrick’s testimony described the role of V-BID in health care delivery innovation and the emergence of clinically nuanced approaches as a means to improve health outcomes and 'bend the cost curve.'
The 2007 Symposium was held on May 1, 2007. The keynote presentation was by Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD Administrator, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2004-2006) and Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies.
The inaugural symposium was held on December 15, 2005. The keynote presentation was by Andrew Webber, President and CEO of the National Business Coalition on Health.
