AAPPO RELEASES WHITE PAPER ON VALUE-BASED BENEFIT DESIGN (VBBD)

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Washington

,D.C., –The American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations (AAPPO) released a new white paper that

examines value-based benefit design (VBBD) strategies for PPOs at AAPPO’s 2009 Annual Forum, Feb. 8-10, 2009 in

Carlsbad,CA

In conjunction with the release of the white paper, AAPPO held a VBBD workshop at the 2009 Annual Forum. Leading experts on VBBD, A. Mark Fendrick, MD,Professor Internal Medicine in the School of Medicine and Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health, University of Michigan and Co-Editor in Chief,American Journal of Managed Careand Edmund Pezalla, MD, National Medical Director and Chief Clinical Officer for Pharmacy Management, Aetna discussed specific value based approaches for PPOsand addresseda range of approaches to value added services that could be adopted by risk bearing or non-risk PPOs.

“PPOs are today’s most popular healthcare choice for more than 193 million Americans,” said Karen Greenrose, CEO and president, AAPPO. “A

s the dominant delivery approach to health care in a competitive marketplace, PPOs must take notice of VBBD as an important lever used to drive health improvements.

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Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) are recognized as a successful product in the
healthcare market, offering flexibility, choice and access to services through credentialed provider networks, quality performance components and cost-effective services. PPOs still face the challenge to reduce the cost and add to the value of health care services. This white paper details how VBBD approaches can create incentives for patients to use high quality providers and services as an innovative strategy to help improve health and manage cost in the long term.

To view the entire study, please visitwww.aappo.org. 

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AAPPO

(www.aappo.org) is the leading national association of preferred provider organizations (PPOs) and affiliate organizations.PPOs put control for medical decisions in the hands of the physician and patient, resulting in easy access to the right care, provided by the right doctor, at the right time. 

AAPPO creates a forum for discussion and dissemination of best practices in PPO delivery systems.

The White Paper was sponsored by sanofi-aventis.

http://www.aappo.org/index.cfm?pageid=31&newsid=134