Health Care Transformation Task Force

18 Oct

Task Force Provides Comments to CMS regarding EPM Cancellation and CJR Modifications

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...

10:26 / Policy Communications

26 Sep

Task Force statement for CMMI Behavioral Health Summit

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...

15:31 / Policy Communications

21 Aug

Task Force Provides Input on CMS Proposed Rulemaking on CY 2018 Updates to the Quality Payment Program

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...

22:48 / Policy Communications

10 Aug

Task Force Statement to the PTAC

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...

16:54 / Policy Communications

28 Jun

Task Force Comments on LAN Draft White Paper: APM Framework Refresh

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....

14:36 / Policy Communications

14 Jun

Task Force Submits a Statement for the Record on the CHRONIC Care Act of 2017

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...

17:31 / Policy Communications

14 Jun

The Task Force provides response to CMS regarding Request for Information on Efficiencies and Flexibilities

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...

16:43 / Policy Communications

14 Jun

The Task Force Asks the Trump Administration to Show Support for the Transition to Value-Based Payment and Care Delivery

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...

16:16 / Policy Communications

17 May

Task Force Joins Leading Health Groups Urging CMS to Promote APMs in Medicare Advantage

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...

13:51 / Policy Communications

21 Apr

Task Force Provides Comments to CMS Regarding EPM Interim Final Rule

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...

15:20 / Bundled Payments / Policy Communications

Task Force Provides Comments to CMS regarding EPM Cancellation and CJR Modifications

Task Force statement for CMMI Behavioral Health Summit

Task Force Provides Input on CMS Proposed Rulemaking on CY 2018 Updates to the Quality Payment Program

Task Force Statement to the PTAC

Task Force Comments on LAN Draft White Paper: APM Framework Refresh

Task Force Submits a Statement for the Record on the CHRONIC Care Act of 2017

The Task Force provides response to CMS regarding Request for Information on Efficiencies and Flexibilities

The Task Force Asks the Trump Administration to Show Support for the Transition to Value-Based Payment and Care Delivery

Task Force Joins Leading Health Groups Urging CMS to Promote APMs in Medicare Advantage

Task Force Provides Comments to CMS Regarding EPM Interim Final Rule

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