The Health Care Transformation Task Force has joined with other health care leaders, including providers and payers, in asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to count Medicare Advantage (MA) contracts as Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) under the Medicare Access and CHIP...
The Task Force shared comments in response to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation's Request for Information on Direct Provider Contracting (DPC) Models. There are aspects of direct provider contracting described in this RFI that have the potential to enable a greater proportion of practices...
WASHINGTON (May 22, 2018) - The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF), a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers and patient organizations, announced today that Kaiser Permanente and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) have joined its membership. With...
Consumer engagement is increasingly recognized as a critical component to achieving person-centered care, particularly for people with complex health and social needs. On this webinar, Clare Pierce-Wrobel shared the results of the Health Care Transformation Task Force’s study on consumer engagement structures and mechanisms used...
What's the impact of value-based payment and care delivery models in primary care? This webinar reviewed promising results from the front lines at ChenMed, a physician-led organization operating a full-risk model that provides superior, dignified, well-coordinated care for low-to-moderate income seniors, and the Center for...
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,...