The Task Force joined a coalition letter supporting H.R. 3746, the Accountable Care In Rural America Act, which amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benchmarking process for the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) to ensure that all ACOs have an...
Statement by Jeff Micklos, JD, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force The Task Force expresses appreciation to Representatives Ron Kind, Suzan DelBene, Ami Bera, Mike Kelly, Darin LaHood, and Brad Wenstrup for their leadership in urging Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to extend...
WASHINGTON (April 20, 2021) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force), a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers and patient advocacy organizations, has announced five new Executive Committee members elected by the Task Force’s Board of Directors. New members...
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...