USING EVIDENCE TO INFORM HEALTH STRATEGY AND VALUE-BASED BENEFIT DESIGN.     A PLAN SPONSOR ROADMAP

“Despite evidence of clinical benefit, Americans systematically underuse high-value services across the care spectrum. Attention should turn from how much to how well we spend healthcare dollars.”

This Special Edition Action Brief, “Using Evidence to Inform Health Strategy and Value-based Benefit Design,” is a roadmap to help healthcare purchasers use evidence-based findings to inform the design of value-based benefits.

The 5 action steps are a practical way for employers/purchasers to turn their attention from how much, to how well they are spending healthcare dollars.