‘State Of HHS’ Speech Highlights Price Transparency, Disaster Response

US Secretary of Health & Human Services Alex Azar discussed the move toward value-based health care, as well as HHS’s role in disaster response, as part of an annual "State of the Department" speech. The speech is tied to the release of HHS’s annual report.

Alex Azar, Trump’s HHS secretary nominee, who spoke at the Senate HELP committee 11/29/17
HHS Secretary Alex Azar

Opioid abuse treatment, price transparency and faster clearance of key products for use by the Department of Defense are among the Department of Health & Human Services’ key accomplishments for 2018, Secretary Alex Azar said during the Feb. 22 “State of the Department” address.

HHS’s efforts to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic include $2 billion in grants and multiple state demonstration projects, Azar said....

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