Download the commercial bundled payment guidance About this resource The HCTTF, under the strategic direction of its Advanced Payer-Provider Partnerships Work Group, developed this guidance document to help support payers and providers in the establishment of commercial-sector clinical episode payment contracting relationships. The guidance is generally based...
Value-based payment and care delivery reforms must be designed with sustainability – across all stakeholder groups – in mind, if effective delivery system reform is to take hold. In recognition of this, the 2017 Health Care Transformation Task Force Board of Directors set “achieving sustainability”...
Health care providers across the country are increasingly adopting care management programs to better serve high-need, high-cost (HNHC) patients, a small percentage of individuals with complex medical, social, and behavioral needs who utilize the largest proportion of national health care resources. A significant barrier to...
An Actionable Framework for Health Care and Public Health Collaboration Health professionals working to protect and improve health in communities and across the nation realize that none of our distinct systems - not health care, public health, nor social services - is fully equipped to accomplish...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force conducted an environmental scan and survey to identify consumer engagement structures and mechanisms utilized by provider organizations in the design and governance of value-based payment programs. The Task Force interviewed senior decisions-makers involved in consumer-engagement related activities and efforts...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have been the most popular vehicle for value-based payment model adoption to date, with over 923 ACOs covering approximately 32.4 million lives across the country. Recognizing the importance of successful ACO implementation, the Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) today released...
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) Proactive Population Health...
Health care industry leaders face incredible challenges in shifting from traditional, volume-driven fee-for-service to value-based payment and care delivery. The Health Care Transformation Task Force has created a framework to help guide decision makers in their transformation journeys, along with insights from organizations at the...
While both episode-based and population-based payment models present opportunities for improvement in quality and care, they are not always in alignment. The recent implementation of Medicare-focused alternative payment models has resulted in instances of overlap, where multiple providers may be responsible for the same patient...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force, a consortium of patients, payers, providers and purchasers working to transform the U.S. health care delivery system, has released a new framework that systems can use to ensure consumers priorities remain front and center during all phases of the...