Remarks on Value-Based Healthcare

Alex M. Azar II

Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee

"Getting better value from our health system and paying for value requires empowering patients to be consumers. But realistically, patients will also need physicians to help them navigate the healthcare system—and we need to give those physicians the right incentives to guide patients in making choices that will lead to good outcomes."
Good morning, everyone. It’s great to be here with PTAC, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to all of you today.

First of all, I’d like to thank all of you for your work as part of this committee so far and I’d like to thank everyone outside of the formal institution of PTAC who have contributed as well.

Members of PTAC signed up for a complicated, time-intensive task because you care deeply about building a healthcare system that serves patients better, and about the role that physicians will play in that transformation.