Health Care Transformation Task Force | Releases and Announcements

13 Jun

HCTTF and Public Health Leadership Forum Release a Collaboration Framework

PDF Version Health Industry Groups Release Framework to Increase Health Care and Public Health Collaboration Framework to Serve as Guide to Build Cross-sector Partnerships and Help Coordinate Efforts and Resources WASHINGTON (June 13, 2018) – The Public Health Leadership Forum (PHLF), a diverse group of public health leaders,...

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22 May

Kaiser Permanente and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Join the HCTTF

WASHINGTON (May 22, 2018) - The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF), a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers and patient organizations, announced today that Kaiser Permanente and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) have joined its membership. With...

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15 Mar

Task Force Statement on Launch of Health Care Innovation Caucus

Statement by Jeff Micklos, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force “The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) welcomes the launch of the Health Care Innovation Caucus. At this critical moment in the healthcare industry, the Caucus will bring much needed leadership on the issues facing...

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08 Mar

HCTTF Applauds Secretary Azar’s Statements in Support of Value-Based Transformation

Statement by Jeff Micklos, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force “The Health Care Transformation Task Force has urged the Trump Administration to express clear support for the transition to a modern value-based care and payment delivery system to maintain momentum for the move away from...

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06 Mar

HCTTF Joins CARIN Alliance Pledge to Support Person-Centered Health IT

Pledge Issued as CMS Administrator Verma Announces HIT Initiatives at 2018 HIMSS Conference WASHINGTON (March 6, 2018) - The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) today joined the CARIN Alliance to pledge support for giving consumers access to their health care information anytime, anywhere via...

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20 Nov

Task Force Presents “Levers of Successful ACOs” to Help Accountable Care Organizations Implement Proven Success Strategies

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have been the most popular vehicle for value-based payment model adoption to date, with over 923 ACOs covering approximately 32.4 million lives across the country. Recognizing the importance of successful ACO implementation, the Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) today released...

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20 Nov

Task Force to CMS: Innovation is Critical, But Don’t Discard Existing Models That Work

The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) today called on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue refining existing alternative payment models that are showing genuine, long term promise as it reorients the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) agenda to...

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01 Nov

PBGH CEO David Lansky is New Chair of Health Care Transformation Task Force

David Lansky, president and CEO of the Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), one of the nation’s most prominent health care purchasing coalitions, is the new chair of the Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF). He succeeds Trinity Health CEO Richard Gilfillan, who will remain...

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30 Oct

ACOs Reduced Direct Medicare Spending by $836 Million in 2016

CMS Results Demonstrate Promise of Alternative Delivery and Payment Methods for Improving Care and Reducing Costs WASHINGTON (Oct 30, 2017) – Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) reduced gross Medicare spending by $836 million in 2016, returning $70.6 million in net savings to the Medicare Trust Fund...

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14 Sep

Task Force Presents “Transformation to Value: A Leadership Guide”

Task Force Presents “Transformation to Value: A Leadership Guide” to Help Health Care Leaders Adopt New Models of Payment and Delivery Facing increasing public pressure to provide higher quality, lower-cost health care, the transformation to value-based health care payment and delivery has become an industry imperative...

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