The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) is designed to encourage providers to move into value-based care arrangements that prioritize high-quality, patient-centered care. Under MACRA’s creation of the Quality Payment Program (QPP), two tracks are offered to providers: the Merit Based Incentive...
In 2021 the Health Care Transformation Task Force released a paper examining the long-term trends in projected and actual health care spending from 2000 to 2020. The paper highlighted slowing trends in health spending growth over the past decade and discussed the potential factors driving...
WASHINGTON (December 15, 2021) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force), a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers and patient organizations, today announced that its provider and payer members reported having 61 percent of their business in value-based payment...
WASHINGTON (December 14, 2021) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force), a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers and patient advocacy organizations, today announced its 2021-2022 Executive Committee. Emily Brower, Senior Vice President at Trinity Health begins her term...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force provided written comments and offered verbal remarks during the CMS Innovation Center's first listening session since the release of the Center's Strategy Refresh White Paper. The Task Force comments took the form of responses to the three questions posed...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force sent a comment letter to MedPAC building off of the commissioners June 2021 report recommending that CMS streamline its Alternative Payment Model (APM) portfolio. In this letter, the Task Force expresses support for many of the MedPAC recommendations and...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force filed comments in response to the Senate Finance Committee’s RFI on behavioral health, offering recommendations related to the five topic areas in the RFI: 1) strengthening the workforce; 2) increasing integration, coordination, and access to care; 3) ensuring parity;...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force filed comments on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services draft Strategic Plan for CY 2022-2026, offering specific support related to Strategic Goal #1: Protect and Strengthen Equitable Access to High Quality and Affordable Health Care. The letter...
The Medicare Advantage program provides a unique platform to advance value-based payment and care delivery arrangements, including advanced risk opportunities for high-performing providers. It has also served as a foundation for building system-level resiliency during challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The Health Care Transformation...