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.
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.
This update features policy developments, literature items, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives throughout June 2021.
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.
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.
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).
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.
This update features policy developments, literature items, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives throughout March.
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.
This update features recent literature items, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives throughout February.
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.
The 2020 Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Employer Health Benefits reported significant uptake of a 2019 federal rule that expanded the number of clinical services that may be covered before enrollees meet their plan deductibles.
This update features policy developments, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives throughout early January 2021.
This update features policy developments, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives throughout December 2020.
This update features policy developments, media reports, and events supporting continued momentum for multiple V-BID Center initiatives throughout late November and early December 2020.
