The Task Force supports several of the modifications included in the refreshed Framework. First, the HCTTF agrees with the change to the foundational statements emphasizing that payment reform is a vehicle for financing delivery systems that improve value, not a goal in its own right....
In previous correspondence with the Senate Finance Committee Chronic Care Working Group (February 2016), the Task Force indicated its support for refinement of the CMS-Hierarchical Conditions Category (HCC) model to account for interactions between behavioral and mental health conditions and physical health outcomes. The Task...
The Task Force responded to the Request for Information included in CMS-1677-P: Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule. The ability for providers to be successful in value-based payment...
The Task Force believes the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), has a great opportunity to assert leadership by clearly expressing support for value-based payment and encouraging industry to sustain momentum in its transition. Our...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined nine organizations in a letter to Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Tom Price, proposing that the Administration offer credit for advanced alternative payment model (APM) arrangements within Medicare Advantage as part of the Medicare Access and...
The Task Force has submitted comments to CMS on the interim final rule with comment that delayed the start date for the AMI, CABG, SHFFT, and CR incentive payment models from July 1, 2017 until October 1, 2017. CMS sought comment on further delaying the...
The HCTTF generally supports the changes published earlier this year to the Part 2 Regulations including modifications that allow for consent to be executed to an intermediary. However, we believe that the Final Rule did not sufficiently address additional barriers to delivering high-value care under...
In a letter to CMMI leadership, the Task Force offers consensus recommendations on how to improve the design of the new ACO Track 1+ and Advanced Bundled Payments for Care Improvement models. These recommendations build on practical experience from the Task Force’s Accountable Care and...
In a letter to Congress and the Administration, a coalition of clinicians, employers, hospitals, pharmacists, consumer groups and insurance providers called for a renewed effort to move to value-based, patient centered payment models that reward improved quality and cost-effective care. The Task Force along with...
The HCTTF supports the policies of MACRA and moving Medicare payment for physician services to a value-based formula that focuses on quality, resource use, clinical practice improvement, and meaningful use of certified EHR technology under the Medicare Incentive Payment System. As a major proponent of...