Administration Announces $1 Billion Initiative to Launch Health Care Innovation Awards to Provide Better Health Care and Lower Costs

by Gary Kopycinski on May 16, 2013

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Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2013. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced a nearly $1 billion initiative that will fund awards and evaluation to build on the Obama administration’s work to transform the health care system by delivering better care and lowering costs. This second round of Health Care Innovation Awards will fund applicants that have a high likelihood of driving health care system transformation and delivering better outcomes.