Studies have demonstrated the benefits of disease management and lowering of copayments on the increased use of recommended services and medications among persons with diabetes.
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The DHP is the first disease-specific health plan in the USA for patients with diabetes and pre-diabetes which offers a variety of features, such as reduced cost sharing for pharmacy and office visits and free or low-cost resources for disease management. The Diabetes Health Plan (DHP) is an example of a novel health benefit design that became available to public and private employer groups in 2009. 7 Thus, rigorous and real-world evaluations of insurance health benefit designs can help inform employer decisions regarding insurance benefit design. Studies have shown that employers are not always aware of clinical outcomes data, and available information often does not meet their decision-making needs. In the real world, employers choose between an abundance of available benefit designs but may lack needed information to make these important decisions. 1–5 An estimated 60% of Americans obtain health insurance through ESI, 6 so employer decisions regarding benefit design can impact the health of large segments of the population. Employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) can help improve employee’s health, maximize productivity and also reduce excessive costs.
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