Healthcare DIVE January 8, 2024
Emily Olsen

Stacy Sanders will work with regulators to tackle industry consolidation in an effort to rein in rising healthcare costs.

Dive Brief:

  • The HHS has named its first chief competition officer, a new role that aims to boost competition in healthcare in an effort to lower rising costs.
  • Stacy Sanders, who previously served as a counselor to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and as a Senate staffer, will work with the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to focus on consolidation in the healthcare industry by sharing data, creating reciprocal training programs and developing new competition policy initiatives, the agency announced on Monday.
  • The appointment comes as the Biden administration has focused on cracking down on consolidation in healthcare,...

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Topics: Govt Agencies, HHS
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