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...
The person-centered care movement has been a critical part of efforts to improve health care in the United States. Direct engagement and partnership between health care organizations, providers, and the communities they serve is the cornerstone of person-centered care. In response to the push for...
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...
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...
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...
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...