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Aligning Incentives

Aligning incentives refers to an effort to pay for the actions that provide value (such as good quality care, care coordination, and the like) and thus incentivize medical providers to make decisions toward that aim. Currently, the fee-for-service system incentivizes providers to provide services whether they are beneficial or not.

Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs)

A measure of success for a medical treatment or health intervention that looks at the life years gained but adjusted for the patient's quality of…