Secretary Azar Highlights Recognition of HHS as Top Agency for Regulatory Reform

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Category: National News National News
Published: 22 October 2018 22 October 2018

Washington, DC - Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar issued the following statement today regarding the Office of Management and Budget’s release of the Fall 2018 Unified Agenda:

“Today’s report is more evidence that HHS is delivering on President Trump’s promise to reform regulations to unleash our economy while enhancing and protecting the health and well-being of the American people. HHS was the No. 1 Cabinet agency in terms of regulatory accomplishments for Fiscal Year 2018, reducing the burden of its regulations in present-value terms by $12.5 billion.

Under President Trump’s leadership, HHS continues to remove regulatory obstacles that get in the way of providers spending time with patients or that drive up the cost of healthcare. HHS’s work on regulatory reform will continue to reflect President Trump’s deep commitment to lower cost, higher quality healthcare that puts patients, not Washington, in the driver’s seat.”

Specific regulatory reform efforts at HHS have included the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services burden reduction initiatives, which will produce:

And Deputy Secretary Hargan’s Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care, which will:

Other examples of regulatory reform efforts include: