20
Dec
04
Oct
In the Effort to Improve Health Equity, Terminology Matters
The Task Force released an issue brief titled “In the Effort to Improve Health Equity, Terminology Matters” which explores the importance, when addressing health equity, of actors using terminology that is universally agreed upon and understood. The brief analyses similarities and themes that appear across...
27
Sep
Industry and Consumer Perspectives on Medicare Advantage as an Effective Driver of Value Transformation
The Health Care Transformation Task Force released a new resource highlighting the Medicare Advantage (MA) program’s value proposition as an effective driver of value-based care and related alternative payment models (APMs). This resource, titled “Industry and Consumer Perspectives on Medicare Advantage as an Effective Driver...
15
Apr
Fact Checking the ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) Model
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations (CMMI) recently announced the ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) Model. The REACH Model will replace the Direct Contracting model starting on 1/1/23. ACO REACH retains the DC Model Global and Professional tracks and adds new...
06
Apr
The Task Force Sends CMS Recommendations for Aligning the Alternative Payment Model Portfolio
The Health Care Transformation Task Force sent a comment letter to CMS with recommendations for improving alignment between primary care and specialty focused models. The letter highlights current model design elements and APM overlap policies that indirectly hinder and directly disincentivize cross-model alignment, defines key...
30
Mar
What is Health Care Value?
“What is Health Care Value?” is a series that highlights the positive impact value-based payment models have had on consumers, patients, providers, and the system as a whole. The series uses statements primarily made during the inaugural Health Care Value Week, which took place in...
03
Mar
HCTTF Kicks Off Phase Two of the Maternal Health Hub
From 2020 – 2021, the Health Care Transformation Task Force – with support from the Commonwealth Fund – created and ran the Maternal Health Hub (MHH or The Hub). Over the course of that project, the Task Force led a valuable dialogue to identify and...
28
Jan
Health Care Transformation Task Force Announces An Updated Transformation Goal
WASHINGTON (December 28, 2021) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force (Task Force), a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers, and patient organizations, today announced an updated value-based transformation goal of “75 percent by 2025.” In January 2015, the Task Force formed based on...
25
Jan
The Forest for the Trees: National Health Expenditures and Healthcare Reform
In 2021 the Health Care Transformation Task Force released a paper examining the long-term trends in projected and actual health care spending from 2000 to 2020. The paper highlighted slowing trends in health spending growth over the past decade and discussed the potential factors driving...
16
Dec