Value for Whom? HHS Office of Civil Rights Seeks Input on the Impact of Payers’ Value Assessments on Health Equity

Innovations in provider payments and benefit designs grounded in the known “value” of different health services may help payers control escalating costs while improving care quality and efficiency. This blog discusses the delicate balance that must be achieved between different policy goals in the case that value assessment methodologies discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.