Employer-sponsored health insurance plans face rising costs that impact firms’ bottom lines and employee wages. In response, many employers have adopted cost-sharing strategies, such as high deductible health plans, but there may be limits to how well these designs can contain costs and improve...

In recent years, many state Medicaid programs and Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) have implemented beneficiary incentive programs for health behaviors. These programs typically use financial incentives like gift cards, prizes, reduced premiums or copays, or penalties to promote...