Effect of Financial Incentives on Lipid Levels

Sources: JAMA, The Philadelphia Inquirer, CBS News, US News & World Report, HealthDay, Newsworks, MedPage Today, LDI, AJMC, Daily Mail News UK, Endocrinology Advisor, Food World News, Daily Mail, CBS News, Health Medicine Network, American Pharmacists’ Association, Entertainmentwise, Health Insurance & Protection Daily, November 12, 2015. A recent study led by Dr. David Asch and Dr. Kevin Volpp, published in JAMA, found that providing financial incentives to both primary care physicians and patients leads to a greater reduction in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in patients than paying only the physician or only the patient. This was the first study to test physician-only and patient-only incentives compared to incentives shared by patients and physicians. The study used the Way to Health Platform to enroll 340 physicians and 1,503 patients.