title: Push in the right direction. ACOs increasingly see insurance benefits as opportunity to offer incentives promoting value-based decisions.
abstract: The movement for accountable care has hospitals and physicians looking to tweak benefits to push patients toward making better choices. Banner Health sees a big opportunity to influence patients covered by private insurance because employers have more flexibility to modify benefit design. "Half of the equation is the patient taking on accountability," says Dr. Tricia Nguyen, chief medical officer of Banner's ACO.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D060866:Accountable Care Organizations; D007342:Insurance Benefits; D009042:Motivation; D014481:United States; D062505:Value-Based Purchasing