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...
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 believes it is imperative that consumers/patients and caregivers are included at every step as value-based models are developed, implemented, and assessed. In the quest for person-centered, value-driven care, there are examples of success in both the private and public sectors, but challenges...
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...
Given the HCTTF’s commitment to value and innovation, we strongly support efforts by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to integrate multi-stakeholder feedback in the development of behavioral health models. The HCTTF notes that there are already a number of innovative efforts underway to...
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...
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...
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...