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The US event attracted about 5,000 delegates and exhibitors
and included sessions on issues relevant to the UK, including population health and value-based reimbursement, how doctors can help control costs, and bundled payment schemes.
The US body also published a Healthcare value sourcebook, which summarised five years of research encompassing 10 separate projects on how to improve value in healthcare (www.hfma.org/valueproject).
Ms Lorimer briefed the conference on current issues in the NHS and the importance of working together both as health systems and as a finance community to meet the challenges – a sentiment captured in her theme for the year, ‘Stronger together’.
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