Behavioral Economics: Consumer and Patient Engagement & New Models of Care

Extensive work in behavioral economics has demonstrated ways in which people are predictable irrational. This work is now being applied to better understand ways to increase healthier behaviors in a wide range of contexts ranging from health insurance benefit design, cafeteria food layout, smoking cessation, weight loss, medication adherence, and chronic disease management using wireless devices.

At the FDA/CMS Summit for Payers in Washington D.C. this December, Dr. Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD, Founding Director of the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics at the Leonard Davis Institute will briefly discuss some of the key principles of behavioral economics before talking about elements of choice architecture, incentive design, and 'automated hovering' that are being tested in field settings around the United States with the goal to increase consumer and patient engagement. In his sessions, you will:

- Understand how behavioral economics differs from traditional economics
- Learn ways to apply defaults and choice architecture to drive behavior change
- Understand the core concepts to optimize incentive design
- Be familiar with emerging trends of 'automated hovering'

Below you will find a video of a talk Dr. Volpp did in 2012 at Wharton on Behavioral Economics and Automated Hovering....

Make sure you join Dr. Volpp this December in Washington D.C. to hear what comes next. Download the updated FDA/CMS Summit for Payers agenda now to see who else will be speaking on the program.

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