The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined an industry coalition letter urging CMS to expeditiously pay the 2019 Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) bonuses and in future years commit to pay these bonuses no later than June 30th of each year. The nine organizations expressed...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) responded to the proposed rule on Radiation Oncology (RO) and End-Stage Rental Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices (ETC) models (Proposed Rule). The Task Force appreciates that CMS is committed to designing more Advanced Alternative Payment Models...
What's in a Name: A Primer on Global Budget Models The term “global budget” has been used to describe several different health care payment models. Commercial payers have referred to payment arrangements like the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) as a...
WASHINGTON (August 20, 2019) – 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 Heritage Provider Network (HPN) will be joining its membership, in addition to changes in Executive...
Read the Letter Re: Testing a Maternity Care Payment Model Dear Administrator Verma and Deputy Administrator Adam Boehler: The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) writes to strongly urge the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to test an alternative payment model (APM) through the Center for...
WASHINGTON (July 16, 2019) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force), a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers and patient organizations, today released a report which highlights the importance of expanding value-based payments to increase outcomes-driven maternity care. As...
Download the Report Read an accompanying Health Affairs blog post, "To Help Fix The Maternal Health Crisis, Look To Value-Based Payment," authored by HCTTF Senior Director Clare Pierce-Wrobel and HCTTF Senior Associate Katie Green, further describing the opportunity for policymakers to advance outcomes-driven maternity models. Read our...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined an industry coalition letter in support of Representative Suzan DelBene's pending bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the Medicare program to ensure that more...
Lifestyle medicine is the use of evidence-based lifestyle therapeutic approaches to treat, reverse and prevent chronic disease and focuses on six areas to improve health: healthful eating, physical activity, stress management, tobacco cessation, maintaining healthy relationships, and sleep improvement. We will also hear from the...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) responded to the proposed policies to advance interoperability and patient access to health information. The Task Force appreciates CMS’s commitment advancing interoperable data exchange. We support the goals of giving patients ownership over their health...