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Jan
30
Nov
Accelerating the Use of Patient-Reported Quality Measures in Value-Based Care
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 care. Assessing patients’...
06
Sep
Principles for Prior Authorization Policies in Value-Based Care Arrangements
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...
01
Aug
Building Better Benchmarks: Principles for Sustainable Benchmarking in Value-Based Care
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...
28
Jun
Medicare Shared Savings Program: Implementing the CY 2023 Final Rulemaking Policies
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...
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...
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...
21
Feb
Lessons Learned from a Multi-Stakeholder Roundtable on Medicaid Maternity Strategies
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...
24
Jan
Building the Business Case for Health Equity Investment: Strategies to Secure Sustainable Support
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...
10
Jan
Using Managed Care Organization Contracts as a Lever to Address Health Equity in Maternity Care
The Maternal Health Hub, run by the Health Care Transformation Task Force and supported by the Commonwealth Fund, released an issue brief titled “Using Managed Care Organization Contracts as a Lever to Address Health Equity in Maternity Care” which describes innovative ways states are using...