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