16 Sep

Comments on CMS Radiation Oncology and End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Proposed Rule

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...

16:11 / Policy Communications

12 Sep

What’s in a Name: A Primer on Global Budget 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...

13:36 / All Value Models / Featured / Implementation Resources / Transformation Resources

20 Aug

HCTTF Announces New Vice Chair and Executive Committee Members

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...

09:45 / Featured / Releases and Announcements

16 Jul

HCTTF Urges CMS to Test an Alternative Payment Model for Maternity Care

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...

08:00 / Maternal Health / Policy Communications

16 Jul

HCTTF Report Promotes Innovative Payment Strategies to Address Maternal Health Crisis

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...

08:00 / Releases and Announcements

16 Jul

Expanding Access to Outcomes-Driven Maternity Care through Value-Based Payment

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...

08:00 / All Value Models / Featured / Maternal Health / Transformation Resources

25 Jun

HCTTF joins coalition letter to Rep. Suzan DelBene on Chronic Care Legislation

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...

11:21 / Policy Communications

13 Jun

Webinar: The Role of Lifestyle Medicine in Health Care Transformation

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...

16:30 / Webinars

03 Jun

Comments on CMS Interoperability Proposed Rule

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...

13:59 / Policy Communications

30 May

HCTTF Urges CMS to Expand Next Generation ACO Model

Read the Letter Re: Permanence for the Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (NGACO) Model Dear Secretary Azar: The undersigned organizations write to encourage the Department of Health and Human Services to expand the duration and scope of the NGACO model to be a permanent, voluntary offering in the...

16:31 / Policy Communications