Stanford University
300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94304
USA
Presenter: Mark Fendrick, MD
Director, Center for Value-Based Insurance Design
University of Michigan
Dr. Fendrick, a founding Partner of VBID Health, is Director of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (www.vbidcenter.org), which he co-founded. Dr. Fendrick remains clinically active in the practice of general internal medicine, seeing patients weekly. He is also a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Health Management and Policy at The University of Michigan.
Dr. Fendrick is one of three U-M faculty that first developed and named the concept “Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID).” Through his leadership at the U-M Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, he has been acknowledged by Managed Care as a “leading authority” on the topic, which became part of the health care law in 2010. He is a leading advocate for development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative health benefit plans.
Dr. Fendrick has authored over 200 articles and book chapters and lectures frequently on the quality and cost implications of medical care to diverse audiences around the world. He is the Co-editor in chief of the American Journal of Managed Care and is an editorial board member for three additional peer-reviewed publications. His perspective and understanding of clinical and economic issues have fostered collaborations with numerous government agencies, health plans, professional societies, and health care companies. He serves on the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee. In 2009, he was named one of the “20 people who make healthcare better” by HealthLeaders Media for the creation and implementation of value-based insurance design.