Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signed a contract with the federal government on Monday to enact the state's unique all-payer health care model, which he said will create incentives to improve care while saving money. Hogan signed the five-year contract along with the administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Seema Verma. "The Maryland model provides incentives across the health system to provide greater coordinated care, expanded patient-care delivery and collaboration of chronic-disease management ... all while improving the quality of care at lower cost to the consumer," Hogan said. He said the model emphasizes the quality of care over the quantity of care. (Associated Press)