The Health Care Transformation Task Force developed Accelerating the Use of Patient Reported Quality Measures in Value-Based Care, a resource which explores the benefits of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) and Patient-Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) (collectively called Patient Reported Quality Measures (PRQMs)) in advancing effective value-based...
Available Position: Associate Background The Health Care Transformation Task Force (Task Force) is a nonprofit industry consortium that brings together patient/consumer representatives, providers, payers, and health care purchasers who share a commitment to accelerating the transition to a sustainable, consumer-focused value-based care delivery system. HCTTF helps its...
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 developed Principles for Prior Authorization Policies in Value-Based Care Arrangements to improve the prior authorization process for payers and providers as they implement and refine value-based care arrangements. Current prior authorization policies impose significant burdens on patients, providers, and...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force developed Principles for Sustainable Benchmarking in Value-Based Care, a resource that seeks to (1) align payment with the goal of delivering efficient, high-quality, equitable, and patient-centered care, (2) support ongoing investment in care delivery innovations, and (3) offer actionable...
The CY 2023 Final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule included a number of new policies aimed at addressing issues in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). These include the establishment of the Advanced Incentive Payment (AIP) program to provide up-front funding for new ACOs to...
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...
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 Health Care Transformation Task Force’s Maternal Health Hub, supported by the Commonwealth Fund, convened a meeting of maternity subject matter experts and CMS/CMMI leadership in 2022 to discuss payment and delivery strategies that would support a maternity model that addresses the ongoing racial and...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force is excited to announce the release of Building the Business Case for Health Equity Investment: Strategies to Secure Sustainable Support (Business Case). This resource offers concrete and practical information for how to bring health care organizations’ leadership on board...