V-BID Update: Patient Costs, Drug Access, and Coverage Changes

- CMS Tests New Medicare Coverage Model for Weight Loss Drugs
- Declining Part D Plan Availability May Affect Beneficiaries
- Cervical Cancer Guideline Recommends Full Coverage of Follow-up Services
- Medical Debt Burdens Differ by Race and Affect Health
- Employer-Sponsored Insurance Shows Persistent Cost Differences by Size [...]

Vbidcenter2026-01-20T06:39:53+05:00January 15th, 2026|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Cost-Sharing Reforms, Chronic Care Models, and Low-Value Care Evidence

- Approaches to Reducing Low-Value Care in Traditional Medicare
- Fee-for-Service Models Linked to Higher Odds of Low-Value Surgeries
- VA Clinicians Identify Key Drivers and Approaches to Low-Value Care
- CMS Launches MAHA ELEVATE Model
- CMMI ACCESS Model Aims to Expand Tech-Enabled Chronic Care [...]

V-BID Interns2026-01-20T07:01:48+05:00December 16th, 2025|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Low-Value Care, Rising Costs, and Key Medicare Changes

- Save-the-Date! 2026 V-BID Summit
- Low-Value Care Persists Despite Risk-Based Payment Models in MA
- New CAP Act Aims to Cap Drug Cost-Sharing for Marketplace Enrollees
- Removing Cost-Sharing Increases Follow-Up Colonoscopy Completion
- High Patient Costs Drive Treatment Abandonment [...]

V-BID Interns2026-01-20T06:37:59+05:00December 4th, 2025|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Rising Outpatient Deductibles, Medicare and Employer Health Trends

- Outpatient Deductibles Surge and Drive Higher Patient Costs
- Majority of Americans Still Shelling Out More for Care
- Fewer Plan Choices and Higher Costs Ahead for Medicare Advantage in 2026
- What Drives Beneficiaries to Switch Between MA and FFS Plans?
- State-by-State Differences in Medicare Drug Cost Burden [...]

Vbidcenter2025-10-30T21:39:54+05:00October 30th, 2025|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: CMMI Strategic Vision, Preparing for Rising Health Care Costs

- CMMI’s New Strategic Direction: Three Priorities For Success
- CMS chooses 6 states for WISeR Model
- How Policymakers Across the Country Are Fighting the Health Care Affordability Crisis
- Medical Debt Follows Cancer Patients Years After Diagnosis
- Workers to bear brunt of health cost increases in 2026 [...]

V-BID Interns2025-10-30T21:43:57+05:00October 1st, 2025|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Expanded Coverage and Patient Navigation for Breast and Cervical Cancer

- Expanded Coverage and Patient Navigation for Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening
- Court Nixes Leaving Medical Debt Off Credit Reports
- Medicare could save $3.6B without risk to older adults, study suggests
- Waste of the Day: “Low-Value” Medicare Treatments
- Mercer survey: Employers may make a return to healthcare cost-shifting strategies [...]

V-BID Interns2025-10-30T21:42:26+05:00August 5th, 2025|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: OBBB Expands HSA Coverage; Rising Out-of-Pocket Costs

- OBBB Expands HSA Access and Makes Telehealth Flexibility Permanent
- Prescription Drug Price Controls: Unintended Consequences for Medicare Patients
- Record Number of Adults Struggle to Afford Health Care and Medications
- Health Care Costs Reach $1,425 in Out of Pocket Spending
- Prescription Medication Costs Continue to Burden Americans

Vbidcenter2025-07-17T02:31:55+05:00July 17th, 2025|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Senate Bill Aims to Eliminate Out-of-Pocket Costs for Childbirth, HSA Expansion

- New Whitepaper: Episode-Based Cost-Sharing
- New Bipartisan U.S. Senate Bill Seeks to Eliminate Out-of-Pocket Costs for Childbirth
- Expanded HSA Benefits Could Boost Healthcare Savings Under New GOP Tax Plan
- Make American Health Care Affordable Again
- Virtual Mental Health Tools Improve Outcomes but Raise Costs for Employers and Plans [...]

Vbidcenter2025-06-09T23:54:22+05:00June 10th, 2025|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: New CMS Strategy includes V-BID, Rising Costs

- CMS Innovation Center Strategy to Make America Healthy Again Includes V-BID
- Cancer Costs Deplete Life Savings for Many Patients
- Out-of-Pocket Drug Spending Hit $98B in 2024
- Uncovering the Hidden Costs of Caregiving in Healthcare
- Financial Anxiety Reaches Record Levels Amid Healthcare Access Challenges [...]

Vbidcenter2025-05-16T20:26:28+05:00May 16th, 2025|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Supreme Court Hears Kennedy v. Braidwood Arguments

- Supreme Court Case Could Disrupt Free Preventive Healthcare Access
- Vaccine Access and Coverage at Risk Amid Rising Infectious Disease Cases
- ACA Enrollment at Record High, But Policy Changes Could Raise Costs
- Remote Monitoring Use Grows Amid Concerns Over Value and Cost Alignment
- Cancer Rates Decline, but Disparities Remain [...]

Vbidcenter2025-05-08T07:14:26+05:00May 8th, 2025|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments in Kennedy v. Braidwood Case, Healthcare Cost Crisis

- Supreme Court Case Could Disrupt Free Preventive Healthcare Access
- 35% of U.S. Adults Cannot Afford Health Care
- U.S. Adults are Still Behind on Cancer Screenings
- Unnecessary Imaging Scans Contributing To Climate Change
- Copay Waivers Boost Medication Adherence for Low-Income Medicare Members [...]

Vbidcenter2025-04-17T18:28:05+05:00April 17th, 2025|Center Updates, News|

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|
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