Becker's Healthcare January 14, 2019
When Eric Hargan became HHS deputy secretary in 2017, the agency did not have a coordinated effort underway to address the investment community that supports a lot of healthcare innovation.
That’s why Mr. Hargan on Sept. 19 unveiled the Deputy Secretary’s Innovation and Investment Summit, a yearlong collaboration between agency personnel and private sector leaders. As part of the summit, Mr. Hargan said participants will attend quarterly meetings to discuss how the government’s regulatory and reimbursement policies affect investment in healthcare, as well as how HHS can remove hurdles to investment and therefore accelerate innovation.
“We want to see where we can foster healthy ideas to fruition, where the government might be inadvertently stifling innovation because of policies that [are]...
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