For several years, “alignment” has been headlined as the key to fixing our broken healthcare experience, transforming the outcomes and economics of benefits programs. Self-insured employers have been directed to view alignment — among all parties in the delivery and receipt of care — like a Rosetta Stone that will translate chaos into order. And we all understand what alignment means — or do we? As a physician, executive and consultant, I’ve been working with employers for 25 years on their healthcare needs. I know that employers want to improve the value they receive for the considerable spend they invest in their people.
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