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HHS Secretary Alex Azar outlined four priorities for the agency this week, and accelerating the path to value-based payment systems and reducing healthcare costs are at the top of his list.
In remarks given to the Federation of American Hospitals on Monday, Azar delivered a blunt message.
“Today’s healthcare system is simply not delivering outcomes commensurate with its cost,” he said.
Despite recent advances in areas such as personalized medicine and cell therapies, he said, chronic diseases, including opioid addiction and high healthcare costs are still big problems.