The Task Force sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) with recommendations for improving the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). The letter identifies four key areas for improvement: Sustaining efficient Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs): To improve the sustainability of MSSP...
Statement by Jeff Micklos, Executive Director, HCTTF The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently announced it had overestimated mandatory health care spending for 2010 to 2020 by a whopping nine percent. The Health Care Transformation Task Force amplifies this news as proof positive that value-based care is...
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Raising the Bar project provides an actionable framework (“Raising the Bar Part 1”) for use by the entire health care sector in embedding equity and excellence throughout its work and achieving optimal health for all. Raising the Bar for Excellence...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force submitted comments to CMS on the Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes Proposed Rule. The Task Force generally supports the Proposed Rule’s policy goals and views improving interoperability and prior authorization as critical to broader health system transformation....
The Health Care Transformation Task Force submitted comments to the Center for Medicare at CMS on the CY 2024 Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D Advance Notice. The Task Force’s comments focus on policy proposals related to the Star Ratings program, including proposals on the...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined multiple industry leaders to announce the following joint legislative priorities for 2023: Extend Value-Based Care Incentives. Congress is urged to provide a multi-year commitment to reforming care delivery by extending MACRA’s five percent advanced APM incentive payments for...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force recently provided feedback to the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN) on its 2030 alternate payment model goals and vision. In summary, the Task Force said: Extending Target Dates Reflect Market Realities Yet the Push Should Continue....
The Health Care Transformation Task Force’s Maternal Health Hub, supported by the Commonwealth Fund, convened a meeting of maternity subject matter experts and CMS/CMMI leadership in 2022 to discuss payment and delivery strategies that would support a maternity model that addresses the ongoing racial and...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D Proposed Rule (CMS-4201-P). The Task Force’s comments focus on policy proposals related to the Star Ratings program, Health Equity, Strengthening Translation and...
WASHINGTON (January 24, 2023) –The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force), a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers, patient organizations, and value transformation partners today announced the release of Building the Business Case for Health Equity Investment: Strategies to Secure...