WASHINGTON (October 3, 2024) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) – a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers, patient organizations, and value transformation partners – released a resource on Advancing Affordability in Value-Based Care Models. The resource presents...
The high cost of U.S. health care is a significant burden on individuals and families. While value-based care (VBC) efforts have focused on improving the quality of care and reducing health care system spending, these initiatives alone have not sufficiently addressed the rising out-of-pocket costs...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force developed a comprehensive resource for industry stakeholders that allows for easy review and tracking of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI or Innovation Center) payment models. This public-facing resource, the CMS Innovation Center Payment Model Tracker, compiles the...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule (CMS-1807-P). The Task Force’s letter focused on proposals across four main areas: Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP); Center for Medicare and...
WASHINGTON (August 15, 2024) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) – a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers, patient organizations, and value transformation partners – released a resource on Payer Strategies for Advancing Health Equity Through Value-Based Payment....
Advancing health equity is a critical element of health care quality that directly ties to improved patient experiences and outcomes. Efforts to promote health equity reflect a moral imperative and can reduce health care costs through effective care management, which in turn helps decrease avoidable...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force submitted input to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on a Proposed Rule on Mitigating the Impact of Anomalous and Highly Suspect Billing on the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Financial Calculations in Calendar Year 2023. Specifically, the...
By design, accountable care organizations (ACOs) offer opportunities for providers to better address patients’ needs that are not available in the fragmented fee-for-service system. Yet, patients in ACOs or other alternative payment models often are unaware of their inclusion in these models and the benefits...
WASHINGTON (July 18, 2024) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) and the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) today released a resource addressing how policies can be improved to better support patients’ experience in value-based care arrangements. This comprehensive resource presents recommendations aimed at...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) and the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) released a resource addressing how policies can be strengthened to improve the patient experience in value-based care arrangements. Effective communication is essential for engaging patients in accountable care organization (ACO) governance,...