14 Jan

Statement Regarding Next Generation ACO Performance Year 4 Data

Statement by Jeff Micklos, JD, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force New data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shows more evidence that Next Generation Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have reduced direct Medicare spending. Thirty-seven participants in the Next Generation ACO program...

13:33 / Releases and Announcements

18 Dec

The Task Force Encourages Biden-Harris Administration to Advance Value-Based Payment

The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) wrote to President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris to encourage the incoming administration to promote affordable, person-centered, value-based care. The HCTTF is singularly focused on advancing value-based payment and care delivery models which reduce cost, improve...

13:20 / Policy Communications

16 Dec

Health Care Transformation Task Force Announces New Executive Committee Members

WASHINGTON (December 17, 2020) – 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 FY 2021 Executive Committee. Current Chair Blair Childs, Senior Vice President at Premier, will...

10:34 / Releases and Announcements

15 Dec

Health Equity in Telehealth

Telehealth usage exploded in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, breaking through previous barriers to telehealth adoption, either real or perceived. Medicare reported that 43.5 percent of primary care visits were provided through telehealth in April 2020; just two months prior, less than one percent of...

10:40 / Health Equity / Patient-Centered Care

15 Dec

2020: A Year in Review

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09:28 / Releases and Announcements

30 Nov

2019 Transformation Progress Report

Health Care Transformation Task Force Announces Increase in Value-Based Payment Arrangements WASHINGTON (November 30, 2020) – 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...

10:49 / Membership Reports / Releases and Announcements

19 Nov

Leading Health Groups Urge Congress to Maintain Value-based Care Incentives Beyond COVID-19

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nineteen leading healthcare organizations today called on Congressional leaders to ensure that providers who put themselves at financial risk to deliver better quality, closely coordinated and more cost-effective care continue to have strong incentives to engage in advanced value-based care models. In enacting...

12:13 / Releases and Announcements

28 Oct

Webinar: Primary Care Resiliency During and Beyond the Pandemic

The Health Care Transformation Task Force hosted a webinar discussing how innovative primary care practices and payment models have supported greater health system resiliency during the pandemic and how those innovations will be sustained. Viewers learned how Cleveland Clinic and Anthem partnered under a shared-risk...

16:47 / Webinars

23 Oct

HCTTF Joins Coalition Letter Regarding BPCI-Advanced Changes

The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined industry leaders in urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to delay recent changes to the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) program for Model Year 4 (MY4) that would require participants to select...

14:25 / Policy Communications

22 Oct

Statement Regarding MedPAC October Session on the Evolution of Medicare’s Advanced Alternative Payment Models

Statement by Jeff Micklos, JD, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) appreciates the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) focus on the evolution of Medicare’s advanced alternative payment models during its October meeting. The Task Force...

10:06 / Releases and Announcements