Modern Healthcare May 24, 2018
Rachel Z. Arndt

Speaking to a group of startup leaders, HHS officials encouraged developers to collaborate with the agency on their innovations .

HHS’ priorities include improving drug pricing transparency, driving value-based care, reducing opioid misuse, reforming insurance, cutting regulations, and better coordinating care, HHS associate deputy secretary William Brady said.

The agency is also focused on newer technologies, like AI. Despite the agency’s insistence on deregulation, Brady said at least some regulation is necessary when it comes to AI. “There’s a balance to make sure it’s executed safety,” he told Modern Healthcare.

He and other officials from the CMS, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and the National Institutes of Health invited startup developers to actively work with...

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