14 Jun

The Task Force provides response to CMS regarding Request for Information on Efficiencies and Flexibilities

The Task Force responded to the Request for Information included in CMS-1677-P: Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule. The ability for providers to be successful in value-based payment...

16:43 / Policy Communications

14 Jun

The Task Force Asks the Trump Administration to Show Support for the Transition to Value-Based Payment and Care Delivery

The Task Force believes the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), has a great opportunity to assert leadership by clearly expressing support for value-based payment and encouraging industry to sustain momentum in its transition. Our...

16:16 / Policy Communications

09 Jun

Task Force Urges Crediting Medicare Advantage to Advanced APM Status

The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) has joined with other health care leaders, including providers and payers, in asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to count Medicare Advantage (MA) contracts as Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) under the Medicare Access and...

16:39 / Releases and Announcements

01 Jun

Cleveland Clinic Adds Big Name to VBC Task Force

The Cleveland Clinic is a big name to add to the HCTTF’s influence as it’s already a champion of VBC. The large nonprofit health system has a focus on teaching and research. It also has a business unit dedicated to population health, which is another...

19:39 / Media Coverage

24 May

Integrating Social Services into Care for the High-Need, High-Cost Population: Webinar Recording and Resources

Effectively caring for high-need, high-cost patients requires providers to think beyond the clinical setting and tackle the social determinants of health. Yet integrating social services into health care can be a daunting challenge that requires a clear understanding of the target population, available resources, and...

14:29 / High Need & Cost Patients / Webinars

17 May

Task Force Joins Leading Health Groups Urging CMS to Promote APMs in Medicare Advantage

The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined nine organizations in a letter to Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Tom Price, proposing that the Administration offer credit for advanced alternative payment model (APM) arrangements within Medicare Advantage as part of the Medicare Access and...

13:51 / Policy Communications

21 Apr

Task Force Provides Comments to CMS Regarding EPM Interim Final Rule

The Task Force has submitted comments to CMS on the interim final rule with comment that delayed the start date for the AMI, CABG, SHFFT, and CR incentive payment models from July 1, 2017 until October 1, 2017.  CMS sought comment on further delaying the...

15:20 / Bundled Payments / Policy Communications

20 Mar

Health Groups Urge Trump, Congress to Maintain Push for Value-Based Care (US News & World Report)

Dozens of health care organizations – including professional groups, insurers, pharmaceutical giants and hospital chains – are urging the White House and members of Congress to preserve key reforms as debate over Obamacare and the overall future of the nation's health care system rages on.The...

20:58 / Media Coverage

20 Mar

Task Force Provides Recommendations to SAMHSA Regarding 42 CFR Part 2

The HCTTF generally supports the changes published earlier this year to the Part 2 Regulations including modifications that allow for consent to be executed to an intermediary. However, we believe that the Final Rule did not sufficiently address additional barriers to delivering high-value care under...

20:44 / Policy Communications

09 Mar

Task Force Provides Recommendations to CMMI on New ACO Track 1+ and Advanced BPCI Models

In a letter to CMMI leadership, the Task Force offers consensus recommendations on how to improve the design of the new ACO Track 1+ and Advanced Bundled Payments for Care Improvement models. These recommendations build on practical experience from the Task Force’s Accountable Care and...

22:18 / Policy Communications