Incorporating a holistic consumer perspective into health insurance is a key step toward a more value-driven health care system. The Health Care Transformation Task Force has developed a set of six principles to guide payers, purchasers, and providers in their efforts to better integrate consumer...
In this letter, the Task Force identifies areas where the HHS Office of the Inspector General can mitigate the impact of the anti-kickback statute regulations on providers and health plans participating in alternative payment models to encourage better care coordination. Task Force Response Summary Create new...
The Task Force is a diverse group of private sector stakeholders across the industry – including providers, health plans, employers, and consumers – that support accelerating the pace of delivery system transformation. Together we share a common commitment to transform our respective businesses and clinical...
Hearing before the Senate Special Committee on Aging “Patient-Focused Care: A Prescription to Reduce Health Care Costs” Written testimony submitted by the Health Care Transformation Task Force Jeff Micklos, Executive Director October 3, 2018 Read the PDF Here Chairman Collins, Ranking Member Casey, and Members of the Senate Special Committee...
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...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force has joined with other leading industry groups, including providers and purchasers, in urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to offer an optional delayed start date for BPCI Advanced to provide applicants with reasonable flexibility to make...
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 Task Force shared comments in response to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation's Request for Information on Direct Provider Contracting (DPC) Models. There are aspects of direct provider contracting described in this RFI that have the potential to enable a greater proportion of practices...
WASHINGTON (May 22, 2018) - The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF), a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers and patient organizations, announced today that Kaiser Permanente and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) have joined its membership. With...
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...