Healthcare Innovation January 8, 2024
On Jan. 8, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra announced that he had named an HHS senior official to a newly created role intended to promote competition and lower costs
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra announced on Jan. 8 that he has appointed Stacy Sanders to the role of Chief Competition Officer, per a news release by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The role of Chief Competition Officer has been created to stimulate competition to lower health care and prescription drug costs. HHS: “A Counselor to the Secretary, Ms. Sanders oversees the Department’s implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, long-term care initiatives, policies to promote health care competition, and other Medicare work.”
The new role...