V-BID Update: Still time to Register for Tomorrow’s Free Virtual Summit! Plus, Chronic Conditions Costly

- Last Chance! Register for Tomorrow's Virtual V-BID Summit
- GLP-1 Coverage Expansion Moves Forward
- Chronic Illness Drives Healthcare Spending Among Millennials
- Chronic Conditions Drive Majority of Health Care Use
- HSA-HDHP and HRA Enrollment Declines to 15% [...]

Vbidcenter2026-03-10T20:37:19+05:00March 10th, 2026|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Medicare Expands Virtual Diabetes Coverage, States Advance Value-Based Care

- One Week Left to Register! 2026 V-BID Summit
- Virtual Diabetes Programs Secure Medicare Coverage
- Most States Investing in Value-Based and Rural Health Transformation
- Reducing Administrative Burden Can Strengthen Value-Based Primary Care
- Ivermectin’s Rise Highlights Risks of Politicized Treatments [...]

Vbidcenter2026-03-04T08:40:24+05:00March 4th, 2026|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: CMS Proposes V-BID Expansion, Hospital Spending Surges

- Register Now! 2026 V-BID Summit
- V-BID included in 2027 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Proposed Rule
- Virtual Diabetes Prevention Programs Secure Medicare Coverage
- KFF Examines Role of Hospital Spending in Growth of National Health Expenditures
- Hospitals Are Posting Prices for Patients, but It’s Mostly Industry Using the Data

Vbidcenter2026-02-28T00:38:58+05:00February 19th, 2026|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: V-BID Center Update: Drug Price Negotiation Begins, Medicare Advantage Targets Low-Value Care

- Register Now! 2026 V-BID Summit
- Health Care Costs Top the Public’s Economic Worries as the Runup to the Midterms Begins
- Our Darwinian Approach to Healthcare Costs
- Charting a Path Forward for Healthcare Affordability – Policy Solutions
- First 10 Medicare-Negotiated Drug Prices Have Taken Effect: Are Seniors Really Saving Money? [...]

Vbidcenter2026-02-28T00:29:06+05:00February 11th, 2026|Center Updates, News|

V-BID Update: Medicare Drug Policy Shifts, Patient Cost Exposure Grows

- Register Now! 2026 V-BID Summit
- Working families spend nearly $4,000 annually on health care: Study
- Out-of-Pocket Spending for Biologic Drugs After Biosimilar Competition for Medicare Patients
- Medicare Recipients to Lose Access to Service at End of the Month
- Spreading Drug Costs Over the Year May Ease Financial Burden for Medicare Cancer Patients [...]

Vbidcenter2026-02-27T23:49:52+05:00January 28th, 2026|Center Updates, News|

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 [...]

Vbidcenter2026-02-27T23:53:37+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 Interns2026-03-04T08:41:43+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 [...]

Vbidcenter2026-03-04T08:42:32+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 Interns2026-03-04T08:42:45+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 Interns2026-03-04T08:43:00+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

Vbidcenter2026-03-04T08:43:12+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 [...]

Vbidcenter2026-03-04T08:43:41+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 [...]

Vbidcenter2026-03-04T08:43:55+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 [...]

Vbidcenter2026-03-04T08:44:09+05:00May 8th, 2025|Center Updates, News|
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