TASK FORCE INPUT TO CMS ON FY2023 IPPS PROPOSED RULE The Health Care Transformation Task Force filed comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (CMS-1771-P). RFI on Diagnosis Codes for Social Determinants of Health: The Task Force supports...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force sent a comment letter to CMS with recommendations for improving alignment between primary care and specialty focused models. The letter highlights current model design elements and APM overlap policies that indirectly hinder and directly disincentivize cross-model alignment, defines key...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force filed two comment letters with HHS/CMS on proposed rulemaking for the CY 2023 Medicare Advantage program (CMS-4192-P), as well as the Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year 2023 for Medicare Advantage (CMS-2022-0021). TASK FORCE RESPONSE SUMMARY TO THE...
Today, HCTTF sent CMMI a letter with recommendations for improving the model evaluation and certification process. The letter was informed by feedback from HCTTF members and discussions the Task Force held with outside experts and representatives from CMS in the summer of 2021. Some of...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force along with 221 additional organizations signed a letter urging HHS Secretary Becerra to “fix, don’t end” the Direct Contracting (DC) Model. This letter is in response to recent calls from Capitol Hill to cancel the CMMI model. Rather than...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force provided written comments to the CMS Innovation Center in response to its February 9 Listening Session “Incorporating Beneficiary Perspectives into Model Testing, Implementation, and Evaluation". The Task Force comments took the form of responses to the three questions posed...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force, together with eight other organizations, signed onto a statement submitted by the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) to the U.S Senate Committee on Finance, Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth, regarding the Hearing on the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force provided written comments and offered verbal remarks during the CMS Innovation Center's first listening session since the release of the Center's Strategy Refresh White Paper. The Task Force comments took the form of responses to the three questions posed...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force sent a comment letter to MedPAC building off of the commissioners June 2021 report recommending that CMS streamline its Alternative Payment Model (APM) portfolio. In this letter, the Task Force expresses support for many of the MedPAC recommendations and...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force filed comments in response to the Senate Finance Committee’s RFI on behavioral health, offering recommendations related to the five topic areas in the RFI: 1) strengthening the workforce; 2) increasing integration, coordination, and access to care; 3) ensuring parity;...