In this letter, the Task Force responds to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed rule addressing the physician self-referral regulations (“Proposed Rule”). HCTTF recognizes that CMS’s Proposed Rule is one part of a multi-faceted “Regulatory Sprint” to value-based care that is a...
In this letter, the Task Force comment on the referenced Office of Inspector General, Department of Health & Human Services (OIG) proposed rule addressing the anti-kickback and civil monetary penalty laws (“Proposed Rule”). HCTTF recognizes that the OIG’s Proposed Rule is one part of a...
In this letter, the Task Force responds to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Oncology Care First model Request for Information (RFI). Task Force members have built, operated, and participated in various alternative payment models, including episodes of care models that engage specialists in...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) commented on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) proposed rule on the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records (Proposed Rule), which proposes changes to 42 CFR Part 2. Integration of...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined multiple industry coalition letters supporting the ACO "rural glitch" legislation. The Task Force has regularly commented on CMS’s approach to regional adjustment which disproportionately penalizes rural ACOs because their ACO patients are included in the regional comparison. Senator...
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 2020. Task Force Response...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined an industry coalition letter urging CMS to expeditiously pay the 2019 Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) bonuses and in future years commit to pay these bonuses no later than June 30th of each year. The nine organizations expressed...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) responded to the proposed rule on Radiation Oncology (RO) and End-Stage Rental Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices (ETC) models (Proposed Rule). The Task Force appreciates that CMS is committed to designing more Advanced Alternative Payment Models...
Read the Letter Re: Testing a Maternity Care Payment Model Dear Administrator Verma and Deputy Administrator Adam Boehler: The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) writes to strongly urge the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to test an alternative payment model (APM) through the Center for...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force joined an industry coalition letter in support of Representative Suzan DelBene's pending bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the Medicare program to ensure that more...