Statement by Jeff Micklos, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the limitations of an antiquated fee-for-service (FFS) health care system. The health care industry is learning important lessons from this public health emergency, and it is essential that payment...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) wrote a letter urging Congress to take bold action to advance value-based payment and care delivery during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Providers operating under mature value-based payment models have shown the ability to withstand the...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined an industry coalition letter to Representatives Welch, DelBene, and LaHood supporting the Value in Health Care Act of 2020 (Value Act), a bipartisan bill aiming to ensure that value-based health care continues to serve Medicare patients by embracing...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined an industry coalition letter urging the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to amend several programmatic areas to ensure the continuation of robust participation in BPCI Advanced (BPCI-A) and protect the investments that our health care delivery system...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) commented on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule with comment period (5531-IFC) addressing new and revised regulatory actions in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). HCTTF provided comments on...
Download the Report Developing and implementing processes and infrastructure to support the delivery of high-value care must be coupled with a health equity framework and an enabling public policy environment in order to achieve meaningful change. This new report, Promoting Equity and Value in Maternity Care,...
Accompanying Report Details Strategies and Interventions to Advance Equitable Maternity Care and Eliminate Maternal Health Disparities WASHINGTON (June 25, 2020) – A new online resource to advance high-value and equitable maternity care, reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, and eliminate maternal health disparities in the U.S. was...
Affordability remains a key challenge in the U.S., with a third of Americans saying they or a family member delayed medical treatment in the past year because they couldn't afford it. [1] While value-based payment has shown promise in reducing overall cost, greater work remains...
The Root Cause Coalition’s 2020 Status of Health Equity Report highlighted the importance of engaging and learning from communities “most affected by inequities in health and social conditions.” The importance of engagement is amplified by the coronavirus pandemic’s disproportionately devastating effect on communities of color. This...
Statement by Jeff Micklos, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force “The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer is the latest racial injustice that our country has witnessed. This unnecessary death occurs at a time when over 110,000 people have died from the COVID-19 virus, which is more than three times more fatal for Black Americans than White Americans. The Health Care Transformation...