Search

The article reports on the confirmation of Alex Azar as the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

An interview with Laura Kaiser, chief executive officer at SSM Health, is presented. Topics mentioned include her approach to promoting value-based care and risk-based contracts, her plans for the growth of SSM Health in 2018, the implementation of a financial improvement plan, and her ideas to dealing with the increases in the prices of specialty drugs.

The article discusses the healthcare agenda of U.S. President Donald Trump. Topics covered include the potential impact of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Trump's reservations in restructuring the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and President Trump's plan of taking on the pharmaceutical industry and controlling prescription drug prices. It also discusses other major healthcare issues that President Trump must face and resolve according to the author.

The article presents an interview with Marna Borgstrom, chief executive officer (CEO) of Yale-New Haven Health System in Connecticut. Topics discussed include the commitment of the academic medical center to providing high quality service to patients and their families, the costs associated with the operations and training programs of Yale-New Haven, and her concerns relating to patient safety and clinical quality.

The article offers suggestions of holiday gifts for the U.S. healthcare system. Topics discussed include book "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End" by Atul Gawande for long-term health care providers, authorization for officials at the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to move nation's providers from fee-for-service to pay-for-value medicine, and support from leadership for hospital safety and quality officials to reduce the harm in healthcare facilities.