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 Chairman Collins, Ranking Member Casey, and Members of the Senate Special Committee on...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force provides input on CMS’s proposed rule titled “Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2019; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Quality Payment Program; and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program” (CMS-2018-0076). Read...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force shared recommendations with CMS on how to improve synchronization between Medicare ACOs and the new BPCI Advanced model. Read the letter here...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force shared recommendations with CMS on how to address limitations of the physician self-referral ("Stark") law when advancing a transition to value-based care in response to the CMS's Request for Information. Read the letter here...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force shared recommendations with the Health Care Innovation Caucus, which is a bipartisan Congressional group chaired by U.S. Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), and Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA). The Task Force supports the Caucus in its...
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...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force has joined with other health care leaders, including providers and payers, in asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to count Medicare Advantage (MA) contracts as Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) under the Medicare Access and CHIP...
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...
The Task Force shared comments with CMS about the recently announced Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced ("BPCI Advanced") model. The Task Force applauded CMS for introducing this new bundled payment model which improves upon the BPCI initiative in a number of ways and promotes...