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...
The recent passage of the Senate’s Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 (S. 870), which passed under a unanimous consent agreement, is a strong indicator of widespread bipartisan support for measures that can improve the quality of...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) today called on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue refining existing alternative payment models that are showing genuine, long term promise as it reorients the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) agenda to...
In a letter responding to CMS’ Request for Information (RFI) about new directions for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), the Health Care Transformation Task Force called on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to continue refining existing alternative payment models that...
The Task Force offers recommendations to CMS on addressing consumer priorities in value-based payment and care delivery. Through input from the Advisory Group for Consumer Priorities, the Task Force identified key areas where CMS can advance these consumer priorities and principles. Read the letter here....
The Task Force has submitted comments to CMS on the proposed rule Cancellation of Advancing Care Coordination Through Episode Payment and Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Models; Changes to Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Payment Model (CMS-5524-P). The Task Force advocated that CMS introduce voluntary bundled...
The Task Force provided a statement to CMS in response to request for input for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Behavioral Health Summit on September 8, 2017. Through recommendations from its Improving Cost to High Cost Patients Work Group, the Task Force...
The Task Force provides input on the CMS–5522–P: Medicare Program; CY 2018 Updates to the Quality Payment Program proposed rule addressing the Merit-based Incentive Payment System and Alternate Payment Model Incentives. Read the full input here ...
As a broad-based group of 43 health care stakeholders representing patients, purchasers, payers and providers, the Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) strongly supports the transition to value-based payment and care delivery. The HCTTF supports the important work of the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory...
In a letter to the LAN’s Alternative Payment Model Framework and Progress Tracking (APM FPT) Work Group, the Task Force provides considerations for the refreshed APM Framework. Read the comment letter ...