Earlier this year (2021), the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) began its second decade as an important driver of Medicare payment reform. Much has been learned in the first ten years – both about CMMI’s operations and its model portfolio – and many...
WASHINGTON (April 20, 2021) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force), a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers and patient advocacy organizations, has announced five new Executive Committee members elected by the Task Force’s Board of Directors. New members...
WASHINGTON (April 27, 2021) – Tanya Alteras has been appointed as a Senior Director with the Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force), a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers and patient advocacy organizations. Ms. Alteras brings a wealth of expertise...
The passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 spurred a decade of payment reform efforts intended to shift the health care system from volume-driven Fee-For-Service payments to alternative payment models (APMs) with reimbursement linked to quality and outcomes. A principal goal of these efforts...
Statement by Jeff Micklos, JD, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force The Health Care Transformation Task Force congratulates Liz Fowler on her appointment as CMS Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Fowler is a seasoned health policy veteran who...
The Task Force welcomes Humana, Lamaze International, Apervita, and Signify Health to the membership. WASHINGTON (February 3rd, 2021) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) announced today membership growth through the addition of Humana (payer member), Lamaze International (patient member), and Apervita...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force developed the Alternative Payment Model (APM) Roles and Responsibilities Matrix as a resource to support payer, provider, and purchaser efforts to clearly identify and assign roles and responsibilities for common APM workstreams and activities. The goal of the matrix...
Download the Report Developing and implementing processes and infrastructure to support the delivery of high-value care must be coupled with a health equity framework and an enabling public policy environment in order to achieve meaningful change. This new report, Promoting Equity and Value in Maternity Care,...
Accompanying Report Details Strategies and Interventions to Advance Equitable Maternity Care and Eliminate Maternal Health Disparities WASHINGTON (June 25, 2020) – A new online resource to advance high-value and equitable maternity care, reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, and eliminate maternal health disparities in the U.S. was...
Statement by Jeff Micklos, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force “The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer is the latest racial injustice that our country has witnessed. This unnecessary death occurs at a time when over 110,000 people have died from the COVID-19 virus, which is more than three times more fatal for Black Americans than White Americans. The Health Care Transformation...