31 May

The Task Force Releases Operational Guidance to Support “Raising the Bar for Maternal Health Equity and Excellence”

WASHINGTON (May 31, 2023) – 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, announces the release of operational guidance in support of Raising the Bar for Maternal Health...

10:57 / Releases and Announcements

11 May

The Task Force Responds to Recent CBO Report on Federal Health Care Spending

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...

09:19 / Releases and Announcements

05 May

The Task Force Provides Input on a Potential CAHPS Survey to Assess Patients’ Maternal Health Care Experiences

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...

11:25 / Policy Communications

04 May

The Health Care Transformation Task Force Welcomes Four New Members in 2023

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...

09:31 / Releases and Announcements

26 Apr

Applying Value-Based Payment to Health Equity: Spotlight on BCBS Massachusetts Equity Efforts with Provider Organizations

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...

09:43 / Featured / Webinars

25 Apr

The Task Force Releases Issue Brief on Improving Quality Measurement in Maternal Health

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...

11:02 / Releases and Announcements

25 Apr

Evolving the Maternal Health Quality Measurement Enterprise to Support the Community-Based Maternity Model

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...

10:48 / Featured / Health Equity / Maternal Health / Transformation Resources

05 Apr

HCTTF Provides Recommendations to CMS on Improving the Medicare Shared Savings Program

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...

09:56 / Policy Communications

27 Mar

Health Care Transformation Task Force Statement on the Congressional Budget Report on Health Care Spending

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...

12:10 / Releases and Announcements

23 Mar

Act Now to Raise the Bar on Health Equity

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...

10:22 / Raising the Bar