MedPage Today November 8, 2018
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WASHINGTON — Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar said that moving to a value-based healthcare system is a top priority for the Trump administration, speaking Thursday at the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative annual conferencehere.
Azar also stressed that to achieve this transformation requires “real experimentation” using mandatory payment models.
“I want you all to imagine a system where patients are in the driver’s seat, able to shop among providers who are empowered as navigators of patient decisions rather than paperwork; where payments reward outcomes, not box-checking; and where diseases are effectively prevented or cured long before they cause unnecessary suffering and cost,” he said.
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