Description: Essay where payers desiring to optimize health gains per dollar spent should avoid “across the board” cost sharing, and instead implement a “value based” design that removes barriers/provides incentives to encourage desired behaviors for patients and providers.

Description: Panelelists at this session of the SOA 1998 New York Annual Meeting discuss a range of issues related to the Health Plan Employer Effectiveness Data Information Set [HEDIS] including benefit choices and performance measures.