| Abstrakt: |
The Diabetes Ten City Challenge represents a successful new approach to value-based benefit design models that had been implemented in the past. This implementation of a community-based pharmacist patient self-management program was built on the premise that achieving value-driven outcomes for chronic diseases must include removing the barriers to wellness-based care and aligning incentives, as well as moving patients from inertia to action to sustain behavioral changes. A program that included enhanced access to care, patient support and education, and value-based financial incentives, such as waived or reduced copayments for medications was shown to be effective for driving improvements in healthcare outcomes in diabetic patients. By focusing on medication adherence, improving health measures, and engaging patients to participate proactively in managing their own health, the program demonstrated its ability to impact not only process measures and outcome measures, but financial outcomes as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
