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In late June, a draft of an executive order, entitled "Reducing the Cost of Medical Products and Enhancing American Biomedical Innovation", emerged that would update IRS Section 223 (c)(2)(C). Section 6 of the order states: [...]
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Applying V-BID to Specialty Medications Specialty pharmaceuticals are medications that consist of complex molecules, are often complicated to deliver, and/or carry high costs. Today, approximately a third of total pharmaceutical spending in the [...]
External Resources & Links: Health Savings Account-Eligible High-Deductible Health Plans Expand the health savings account 'safe harbor' to reduce health costsThe Hill - A. Mark Fendrick, MDFull ArticlePrecision Benefit Design - Using "Smarter" Deductibles to [...]
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 The 2018 NDAA includes the incorporation of V-BID principles within Section 702 – Modifications of cost-sharing requirements for the TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Program and treatment of certain pharmaceutical [...]
S. 1424 and H.R. 3563 - Chronic Disease Management Act of 2021Builds upon previous versions of CDMA and follows guidance issued by the US Department of Treasury in 2019 to further increase the flexibility of HSA-HDHPs [...]
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Incorporates the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017, which includes the expansion of the CMMI Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID) Model to all 50 [...]
Access to prescription drugs is a hot-button health care issue. The V-BID center proposes an innovative and dynamic benefit design - Reward the Good Soldier - that recognizes that individualized therapies are often needed to achieve desired health outcomes.
