Why is the Secretary recognizing Community Leaders for Value-Driven Health Care?
As part of the Value-Driven Health Care initiative, the Department of Health & Human Services Secretary will recognize multi-participant organizations that support the four cornerstones. Regional public-private collaboration is essential to the success of this initiative. At its core, health care is local; it is provided in a diverse range of environments that differ in their history, resources, populations served, market characteristics, and medical cultures. Because of this diversity, the most effective steps to achieving lasting improvements in health care require a critical mass of support from community stakeholders. Numerous collaboratives are already under way across the country. The relationships formed provide the foundation for employers, health insurance plans, providers, and consumers to work together to improve health care. The Secretary would like to recognize these existing efforts and encourage the further development of these collaboratives to create a value-driven hea
