V-BID Update: V-BID Summit Recap, V-BID in Nigeria

- Recap of the 2025 Virtual V-BID Summit
- V-BID Models Advance Cost-Effective Care in Nigeria
- Medicare Part D Reforms Drive Awareness but Beneficiaries Seek More Information
- Low Premiums Often Come with High Deductibles
- Rising Patient Costs Associated with Copay Accumulator and Maximizer Programs

V-BID Interns2025-03-21T20:06:53+05:00March 21st, 2025|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Registration Still Open for V-BID Summit this Wednesday!

- There's Still Time to Register for the 2025 V-BID Summit!
- Preventive Care Coverage at a Crossroads
- SCOTUS Will Hear Case Threatening No-Cost Preventive Care
- The Trump Administration’s Defense of the ACA’s Free Preventive Health Care Guarantee
- Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act Passed in House of Representatives [...]

Vbidcenter2025-03-10T22:54:57+05:00March 10th, 2025|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Still Time to Register for Next Week’s V-BID Summit!!

- There's Still Time to Register for the 2025 V-BID Summit!
- Medicare Ends V-BID Model Over High Costs Despite Improved Patient Outcomes
- Expanding Access to Supplemental Benefits in Medicare
- Telemedicine Adoption Linked to Reduced Low-Value Care in Medicare
- Challenges and Solutions for Medicare Beneficiaries Struggling with Prescription Drug Costs [...]

Vbidcenter2025-03-04T19:36:01+05:00March 4th, 2025|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Trump Administration Backs ACA Preventive Coverage Mandate, Supporting Key V-BID Policy

- Trump Administration Backs ACA Preventive Coverage Mandate
- Medicare Advantage Enrollees Say They Value Their Plans Extra Benefits
- Rising Coinsurance Rates Drive Up Medicare Beneficiaries' Drug Costs
- How Hospitals Can Cut Wasteful Pre-Surgery Testing
- Use of Copay Adjustment Programs Reaches New High [...]

Vbidcenter2025-02-22T00:25:11+05:00February 22nd, 2025|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: HSA-HDHP Bills Introduced to Congress; What’s Next for MA V-BID?

- The End of Medicare's V-BID Model: Costs, Challenges, and Future Prospects
- House of Representatives Bills Introduced to Expand Coverage in HSA-HDHPs
- The Future of Value-Based Insurance Design in Medicare After the MA V-BID Model
- Advocates Push for Medicare and Medicaid to Cover Anti-Obesity Medications
- Can Mandatory Value-Based Payment Models Improve Health Equity?

Vbidcenter2025-02-15T02:09:04+05:00February 18th, 2025|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Implications of Inflation Reduction Act, V-BID Summit Registration Open

- Trump Executive Order invalidates Biden's $2 Generic Drug Proposal
- Prescription Drug Policy, 2024-2025/br>
- Medicare Reforms Necessitate More Formulary Oversight/br>
- Drug Price Negotiation Requires Oversight to Protect Older Americans/br>
- Medicare's New $2K Cap on Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs Could Save Patients Thousands [...]

Vbidcenter2025-01-24T22:47:44+05:00January 27th, 2025|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Braidwood v. Becerra Decision Expected by June

- Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Obamacare's Preventive Care Coverage
- State of Minnesota to Conduct Study of Low-Value Care Health Services
- Medical Debt Will Soon be Banned on Credit Reports
- Climate Resilience and the Promise of Value-Based Care
- Strategies to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care [...]

Vbidcenter2025-01-14T23:17:54+05:00January 14th, 2025|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: MA V-BID Model Coming to an End; HDHP Enrollment Rises

- CMMI MA V-BID Model to End After 2025
- HDHP Enrollment Shows Significant Change
- Braidwood v. Becerra Increases Uncertainty for Cancer Screening Coverage
- Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Pregnancy and Abortion
- Coverage of Obesity Medications Can Make America Healthier (Again)

Vbidcenter2025-01-24T03:43:50+05:00December 31st, 2024|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Musk Highlights Billions in Healthcare Waste; Rising Out-of-Pocket Costs

- Elon Musk Spotlights Wasteful Healthcare Spending
- Comparing MA OOP Costs with FFS Medicare
- Economic Evidence on cost-Sharing and Alternative Insurance Design
- Sharing Responsibility for Health Care Successes and Failures
- Older Americans More Likely to Skip Care, Pay More

Vbidcenter2025-01-14T23:11:46+05:00December 11th, 2024|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: 2025 V-BID Summit March 12, Telehealth Doesn’t Increase Low-Value Care

- 2025 V-BID Summit Save-the-Date
- Higher Telehealth Use Does Not Lead to More Low-Value Care
- Standardized Patient Communication and Low-Value Spinal Imaging
- Spending on Low-Value Care Increased in Virginia During the Pandemic
- IRA Cuts Drug Costs and Spreads Out Payments

Vbidcenter2024-11-12T19:00:56+05:00November 12th, 2024|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: IRA Drug Out-of-Pocket Cap Saves Enrollees $1B

- Inflation Reduction Act Saves Medicare Enrollees Nearly $1B
- Medicare Reforms Guide Available from PAN Foundation
- IRS Guidance Expands List of Services Covered Pre-Deductible
- Consolidated Hospitals Tied to Patient Medical Debt
- All Parties Agree: Medical Debt is an Urgent Issue [...]

Vbidcenter2024-10-31T19:22:12+05:00October 31st, 2024|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: CMS Announces $2 Generic Drug List; Redefining Cancer Screening Coverage

Medicare $2 Drug List Model Request for Information
PAN Launches National Educational Campaign about Upcoming Medicare Reforms
CMS Moves All HIV PrEP Drugs to Part B

Protecting Medicare a Top Concern for More than Half of Americans in 2024

Report Highlights Behavioral Health Cost-Sharing in Medicare & Medicare Advantage

Vbidcenter2024-10-18T20:11:35+05:00October 17th, 2024|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: H.R. 3800 Passed in House of Representatives, IRA Will Save Beneficiaries More than $1K

- Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800)
- Inflation Reduction Act Provision Will Save Seniors Over $1K Per Year
- Allowing Medicare to Negotiate Drug Prices Remains Broadly Popular
- Voting is Critical to the Pursuit of Health Equity
- Data Shows Older Adults Face Financial Barriers to Prescription Drugs

Vbidcenter2024-10-08T22:33:11+05:00September 26th, 2024|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Fulfilling IRA Promise to Reduce Drug Costs, Barriers to Care Among Incarcerated

- CMS Should Do More to Fulfill the IRA's Promise
- Nearly Half of Insured Americans Get Surprise Expenses in Medical Bills
- Health, Access, and Financial Barriers to Care Among Incarcerated People
- Let's Set Copays for Insulin at $0
- Reduced Cost Sharing and Medication Management Services for COPD
- KFF Examines Forces Likely to Shape Medicare Part D Premiums for 2025

Vbidcenter2024-10-08T22:38:03+05:00August 13th, 2024|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Latest on Braidwood, Equitable Access to Anti-Obesity Drugs

- The Latest on Braidwood v. Becerra
- An Efficient Approach to Expand Equitable Access to Anti-Obesity Medications
- EHR Nudge May Reduce Unnecessary Breast Cancer Biopsies
- Out-of-Pocket Costs Substantial for Men with Abnormal Prostate Cancer Screening
- Nearly Half of Patients Miss or Avoid Care Due to Cost, Appointment Scheduling [...]

Vbidcenter2024-07-31T21:20:55+05:00August 1st, 2024|Center Updates, News|
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