V-BID Center Update: November 2021
Our November 2021 newsletter features policy developments, literature items, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives throughout November.
Press Release: V-BID Highlighted in CMMI Strategy
October 20, 2021– the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center (CMMI) has released a white paper detailing its strategic direction for the next decade.
Press Release: Employers Increase Patient Access to Preventive Care for Chronic Conditions
New NPC-funded research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) has found that many employers would like to further broaden pre-deductible coverage for medications and health services used to treat common chronic conditions.
V-BID Center Update: Enhancing Health Equity and the ACA Preventive Services Mandate
Our September 2021 newsletter features policy developments, literature items, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives throughout September.
V-BID Center Update: V-BID Included in CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
This update features policy developments, literature items, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives throughout July 2021 and early August 2021.
Press Release: V-BID Elements Adopted to Achieve Equity in Health Insurance Coverage
In July 2021, the DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority (DCHBX) voted to adopt key recommendations from its Social Justice and Health Disparities Working Group which aim to expand access to providers and health systems, eliminate health outcome disparities, and ensure equitable treatment in health care settings and delivery of health care services for communities of color.
V-BID Center Update: New Paper – Cost-Sharing Elimination Increases Use of Preventive Care
This update features policy developments, literature items, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives throughout June 2021.
V-BID Center Update: Bipartisan Chronic Disease Management Act Reintroduced in Senate
This update features policy developments, literature items, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives throughout late April and early May 2021.
Press Release: Chronic Disease Management Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate
On April 28, 2021, Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Tom Carper (D-DE), re-introduced the Chronic Disease Management Act in the United States Senate. This bill builds upon its previous versions and includes criteria from the 2019 IRS guidance to further increase the flexibility of HSA-HDHPs to cover chronic disease services on pre-deductible basis.
Payer Actions to Reduce Low-Value Care
On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, V-BID Center director, A. Mark Fendrick, presented at the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Carrier Conference, co-hosted by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP).
V-BID Center Update: Insurers Re-Instating Cost-Sharing for COVID-19 Care; Lawsuit Against ACA Preventive Service Provisions
This update features literature items, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives throughout late March and early April 2021.
V-BID Center Update: Recording Available for 2021 Virtual V-BID Summit; USPSTF Expands Recommendations for Free Lung Cancer Screenings
This update features policy developments, literature items, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives throughout March.
V-BID Center Update: Complimentary Registration to 2021 Summit; New CMS Guidance on V-BID Principles for COVID Vaccine and Testing
This update features policy developments, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives throughout the end of February and early March 2021.
V-BID Center Update: Cost-Sharing Deters Appropriate Care, Increases Mortality; 2021 V-BID Center Virtual Summit
This update features recent literature items, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives throughout February.
V-BID Center Update: Significant Uptake of IRS Rule Expanding Pre-Deductible Coverage of Chronic Disease Services
This update features policy developments, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives throughout the end of January and early February 2021.