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...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined 16 other national healthcare organizations in signing a coalition letter urging Health and Human Services Secretary Becerra to fully leverage value-based payment strategies as a component of the Administration’s plans to advance health equity. Changing the way health...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (“HCTTF” or “Task Force”) looks forward to working with Administrator Brooks-LaSure and the CMS team to advance a value-based delivery system that focuses on providing affordable, equitable, person-centered care. The following recommendations represent the Task Force’s priorities for the new Administration and CMS leadership: A Strategic...
Statement by Jeff Micklos, Executive Director, HCTTF Today’s announcement by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the 2020 performance of Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organizations is worthy of celebration. For the fourth consecutive year, the Medicare program realized net savings from MSSP,...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined a coalition of organizations in urging Chairman Wyden and Chairman Neal to include the Value in Health Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 4587) in the Reconciliation bill for the FY 2022 Budget Resolution. The Value in Health Care Act...
Available Position: Senior Associate Background The Health Care Transformation Task Force (Task Force) is a nonprofit industry consortium that brings together payers, providers, purchasers and patients to align private and public sector efforts to accelerate transformation of the U.S. health care system. Through its leading national voice, the Task Force promotes a...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force welcomes the new vision statement on the future of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). The authors represent a leadership team that has demonstrated a strong, longstanding commitment to the success of the Affordable Care Act. They...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined coalition leaders to offer Representative DelBene (D-WA-1) support for the Seniors' Chronic care Management Improvement Act of 2021, which would ensure that more chronically ill Medicare patients receive access to high-quality care. By removing the patient cost-sharing obligations...