Effective care for high-need, high-cost patients is crucial yet often poses significant challenges for providers. In this webinar, we discuss how organizations are successfully piloting prevention and population health efforts for this vulnerable population. Featuring Michael Anderson-Nathe from Health Share of Oregon, a Coordinated Care...
Statement by Jeff Micklos, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force “The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) welcomes the launch of the Health Care Innovation Caucus. At this critical moment in the healthcare industry, the Caucus will bring much needed leadership on the issues facing...
By Clare Pierce-Wrobel, Director of Payment Reform Models with the Health Care Transformation Task Force. Originally published by Health Policy Publishing, LLC The most recent results from the Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) programs—the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), the Comprehensive End-Stage Renal Disease Care Initiative,...
Statement by Jeff Micklos, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force “The Health Care Transformation Task Force has urged the Trump Administration to express clear support for the transition to a modern value-based care and payment delivery system to maintain momentum for the move away from...
Transitioning to value-based payment and care delivery is daunting, even for sophisticated organizations. For too many healthcare leaders, the term “value-based payment” evokes strong pushback from stakeholders who prefer the comfort of fee-for-service medicine. Even for those who have already taken baby steps toward value,...
Pledge Issued as CMS Administrator Verma Announces HIT Initiatives at 2018 HIMSS Conference WASHINGTON (March 6, 2018) - The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) today joined the CARIN Alliance to pledge support for giving consumers access to their health care information anytime, anywhere via third...
The Task Force shared comments with CMS about the recently announced Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced ("BPCI Advanced") model. The Task Force applauded CMS for introducing this new bundled payment model which improves upon the BPCI initiative in a number of ways and promotes...
Value-based Payment Models: A Catalyst for Addressing the Non-Medical Factors that Influence Health As the health care industry strives to provide excellent person-centered care, high quality clinical care is not enough; it is imperative also to address non-medical factors that influence health. Research shows that social...
Value Tranformation: A Journey to Better Care and Lower Costs It is widely acknowledged that our rising unsustainable health care costs, coupled with poor health outcomes, necessitates transformation of the way we deliver and pay for health care. Historically, medical services have been paid for on...
Levers of Successful ACOs The Health Care Transformation Task Force interviewed high-performing Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to assess structures and strategies that led to their success. Although each organization had differing approaches and experiences, common themes emerged in three major categories: 1) Achieving High-Value Culture, 2)...