National Committee on Evidence-Based Benefit Design (NCEBBD)

Mission

Objectives

• Creating a forum for employers, physicians, health plans, consumers, research and policy experts to advance a new framework for health care based on medical evidence.

• Translating evidence assessments into recommendations for plan design, provider selection/reward and employee supports to reduce misuse and overuse of health care and direct spending to high-value services.

• Developing employee communications that encourage decision-making with scientifically-based information.

• Promoting health information technology (HIT) and primary care reforms.

• Identifying areas for technology assessment and comparative effectiveness research.

• Providing thoughtful guidance to the consumer-directed health plan industry in order to enhance the value of plan offerings, fine tune insured services, and help consumers maximize their health care spending.

The Committee is made up of large employers and national experts representing research, accreditation, physicians, health plans, and consumers.

Framework for Action

Benefit Design Plan design encourages and rewards effective care and discourages ineffective care.

Purchasing Provider selection and reward incorporate medical evidence standards.

Consumer Engagement Consumers are informed about treatment options, relative risks and benefits and what to expect from health care.

Public Policy Evidence-based medicine, patient safety, comparative effectiveness, HIT, and physician payment reform are actively promoted.

NCEBBD Deliverables