Linking Benefits to Medical Treatments with Demonstrated Effectiveness Called an Important Step Towards Promoting Quality and Efficiency in Health Care
WASHINGTON, DC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/27/2004 -- The National Business Group on Health announced today that it has formed the National Committee on Evidence-Based Benefit Design. Committee members will recommend ways employers can use health benefit design to promote greater use of evidence-based treatments and procedures, thereby improving the value of their health care investment and enhancing employees' health and quality of life.
"So much of the medical care delivered today is neither recommended nor based on scientific evidence," explains Helen Darling, President of the National Business Group on Health. "It's time for that to change. We have an opportunity to promote evidence-based medicine and in turn, value and effectiveness in health care. We can modify coverage policy and financial incentives to reward excellent care."
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