Health care is expensive and bending the health care cost curve has been an objective of health care policy reforms for decades. The most recent reform efforts have focused on alternative payment models (APMs) designed to reward the efficacy and quality of care rather than...
WASHINGTON (September 28, 2021) – Today, the Health Care Transformation Task Force released a new resource to assist health care payer and provider efforts to form successful Alternative Payment Model (APM) arrangements. The resource, titled Building Better Partnerships: A Facilitation Guide for Successful Value Based...
Successful value-based contracting arrangements rely on payers and providers accurately assessing needs, identifying resources, building relationships, and negotiating mutually beneficial contracts. Since our launch in 2014, the Task Force has worked to develop practical resources designed to support organizations in implementing successful value-based payment (VBP)...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force responded to a Request for Information opportunity from the Congressional Social Determinants of Health Caucus. The Congressional Caucus - led by Rep Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04), Rep GK Butterfield (NC-01), and Rep Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) -...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force wrote a letter to the Director of the Center for Medicare, Dr. Meena Seshamani, encouraging CMS to leverage the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) to further advance provider adoption of Alternative Payment Models (APM) across the U.S. The letter...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined 244 other organizations in a letter developed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) expressing support and appreciation for the maternal health provisions included in the Committee on Energy and Commerce print of the Build Back...
WASHINGTON (September 21, 2021) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force), a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers and patient advocacy organizations, announces today the release of a new resource titled “Person-Centered Care as a Cornerstone of Value-Based Payment:...
On September 21, the Health Care Transformation Task Force released Person-Centered Care as a Cornerstone of Value-Based Payment: Five Guiding Principles, which serves as an update to the 2016 Consumer Priorities Framework. Developed in coordination with the Task Force’s Patient-Centered Priorities Work Group, the five...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force filed comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Outpatient Proposed Payment System Proposed Rule (CMS-1753-P). TASK FORCE RESPONSE SUMMARY Proposed Changes to Inpatient Only (IPO) List: The Task Force supports CMS in its proposal to halt the elimination...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force filed comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule (CMS-1751-P). TASK FORCE RESPONSE SUMMARY Telehealth Services: HCTTF supports efforts to expand access to telehealth (both video and audio-only) for behavioral health care services, and recommends that CMS...