WASHINGTON (May 11, 2023) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force has long touted the positive impacts of value-based care (VBC) and a recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report offers further evidence that VBC is succeeding in lowering health care costs. In a recent letter...
The Task Force responded to the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Request for Information (RFI) to gather input for the design of a potential Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems (CAHPS) survey to assess patients’ experiences with maternity care. The Task...
WASHINGTON (May 4, 2023) The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) is excited to welcome four new members, each of whom will add important and unique perspectives to the Task Force membership. So far this year, the Task Force Board has approved...
Since 2021, providers who participate in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts’s (BCBS MA) Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) have received data on equity performance and support from the payer for equity improvement efforts. Starting on January 1, 2023, BCBS MA began incorporating pay-for-equity financial incentives...
WASHINGTON (April 25, 2023) – Today, the Maternal Health Hub (the Hub), run by the Health Care Transformation Task Force and funded by The Commonwealth Fund, released “Evolving the Maternal Health Quality Measurement Enterprise to Support the Community-Based Maternity Model.” The issue brief examines the...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force’s Maternal Health Hub, supported by the Commonwealth Fund, is pleased to release “Evolving the Maternal Health Quality Measurement Enterprise to Support the Community-Based Maternity Model.” This issue brief examines the historical emphasis on clinical quality measurement in maternity care...
The Task Force sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) with recommendations for improving the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). The letter identifies four key areas for improvement: Sustaining efficient Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs): To improve the sustainability of MSSP...
Statement by Jeff Micklos, Executive Director, HCTTF The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently announced it had overestimated mandatory health care spending for 2010 to 2020 by a whopping nine percent. The Health Care Transformation Task Force amplifies this news as proof positive that value-based care is...
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Raising the Bar project provides an actionable framework (“Raising the Bar Part 1”) for use by the entire health care sector in embedding equity and excellence throughout its work and achieving optimal health for all. Raising the Bar for Excellence...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force submitted comments to CMS on the Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes Proposed Rule. The Task Force generally supports the Proposed Rule’s policy goals and views improving interoperability and prior authorization as critical to broader health system transformation....