Figure 2.

Flow diagram of the alignment of patient and provider incentives using several health policy constructs, using a hypothetical patient experience of outpatient care with recurrent hospitalizations. Provider-facing programs such as annual global payment, bundled payments, and value-based relative value units (RVUs) are paired with patient-facing programs such as value-based insurance design (V-BID) strategies and relative value health insurance policies. Note, VBID bundled care, relative value health insurance and relative value RVU’s are all theoretical constructs. For more detailed descriptions each strategy see the text and Tables 2 and 3.