Value Based Benefit Design: A Research Agenda

The National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH), NYBGH's national umbrella organization, in partnership with AHRQ recently released a white paper borne out of a value-based benefit design research agenda workshop held in November, 2008. Outlining recommendations from the multi-stakeholder group, it includes and highlights the growing emergence of value-based benefit design (VBBD) as a means of encouraging appropriate health care choices by consumers and providers. Moreover, it presents VBBD's evidence base and a discussion of practical implementation of VBBD as well as consumer perspectives. The white paper can be found here and is in PDF format.