The Health Care Transformation Task Force appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed revisions to payment policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Quality Payment Program, and other revisions to Part B for CY 2021. Task Force Response...
With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Medicare program embarked on a significant journey toward a value-based payment and care delivery system. The broad goal was to achieve a transformed system focused on the value of the care received by patients over...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force and other organizations who strongly support the movement away from the current fee-for-service (FFS) system toward value-based care, wrote to express appreciation for the significant efforts underway by Congress to address the COVID-19 pandemic and to assist clinicians and...
Statement by Jeff Micklos, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the limitations of an antiquated fee-for-service (FFS) health care system. The health care industry is learning important lessons from this public health emergency, and it is essential that payment...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) wrote a letter urging Congress to take bold action to advance value-based payment and care delivery during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Providers operating under mature value-based payment models have shown the ability to withstand the...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined an industry coalition letter to Representatives Welch, DelBene, and LaHood supporting the Value in Health Care Act of 2020 (Value Act), a bipartisan bill aiming to ensure that value-based health care continues to serve Medicare patients by embracing...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined an industry coalition letter urging the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to amend several programmatic areas to ensure the continuation of robust participation in BPCI Advanced (BPCI-A) and protect the investments that our health care delivery system...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) commented on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule with comment period (5531-IFC) addressing new and revised regulatory actions in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). HCTTF provided comments on...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) commented on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule with comment period (1744-IFC) addressing regulatory revisions in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (Final Rule). HCTTF provided comments on the provisions...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) responded to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and the CMS Office of Minority Health (OMH) request for information from health care stakeholders on opportunities to...