WASHINGTON (April 27, 2021) – Tanya Alteras has been appointed as a Senior Director with the Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force), a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers and patient advocacy organizations. Ms. Alteras brings a wealth of expertise...
The American College of Lifestyle Medicine and the Health Care Transformation Task Force hosted a webinar exploring how participation in evidence-based lifestyle counseling and therapeutic interventions may improve provider performance in value-based Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). The webinar featured David Donahue, MD, a physician who participates...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) joined a coalition letter asking HHS to take a few immediate steps to advance the value movement. Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have provided one path for clinicians to move to alternative payment models (APMs)....
The goal of the value movement is to incentivize providers to move away from the traditional fee-for-service model and provide coordinated care for patients with an eye toward improving quality and reducing cost. Accountable care organization (ACO) models are one key mechanism to achieve this...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) wrote to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) regarding the Radiation Oncology Model. The Task Force is pleased with CMMI's ongoing efforts to drive health care payment reforms and regular engagement with the...
WASHINGTON (April 6, 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 the release of a paper examining long-term trends in health care spending from 2000 to 2020. This...
The passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 spurred a decade of payment reform efforts intended to shift the health care system from volume-driven Fee-For-Service payments to alternative payment models (APMs) with reimbursement linked to quality and outcomes. A principal goal of these efforts...
Statement by Jeff Micklos, JD, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force The Health Care Transformation Task Force congratulates Liz Fowler on her appointment as CMS Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Fowler is a seasoned health policy veteran who...
The Task Force welcomes Humana, Lamaze International, Apervita, and Signify Health to the membership. WASHINGTON (February 3rd, 2021) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) announced today membership growth through the addition of Humana (payer member), Lamaze International (patient member), and Apervita...
WASHINGTON (January 27, 2021) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force), a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers, and patient organizations, along with Community Catalyst, a national non-profit advocacy organization working to build the consumer and community leadership required...