Health Care Transformation Task Force Announces Increase in Value-Based Payment Arrangements WASHINGTON (November 30, 2020) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force), a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers and patient organizations, today announced that its provider and payer members...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nineteen leading healthcare organizations today called on Congressional leaders to ensure that providers who put themselves at financial risk to deliver better quality, closely coordinated and more cost-effective care continue to have strong incentives to engage in advanced value-based care models. In enacting...
Statement by Jeff Micklos, JD, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) appreciates the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) focus on the evolution of Medicare’s advanced alternative payment models during its October meeting. The Task Force...
Statement of Health Care Transformation Task Force Executive Director Jeff Micklos on 2020 LAN Summit: Yesterday during the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network Summit, it was inspiring to hear the stories of America’s many great health care organizations that have committed to value-based health...
Statement by Jeff Micklos, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force The Health Care Transformation Task Force expresses its appreciation to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for announcing multiple models and other guidance in the past weeks related to value-based payment and care...
Statement from the HCTTF Executive Director Jeff Micklos on 2019 MSSP Performance "We applaud the recent announcement that the Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs generated $1.19 billion in total net savings to Medicare. These results demonstrate that providers in alternative payment models are continuing to deliver...
New Tool Helps Organizations Define Roles and Coordinate Activities Key to Delivering High Quality Care WASHINGTON (September 16, 2020) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force), a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers and patient advocacy organizations, today released a...
Statement by Jeff Micklos, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the limitations of an antiquated fee-for-service (FFS) health care system. The health care industry is learning important lessons from this public health emergency, and it is essential that payment...
Accompanying Report Details Strategies and Interventions to Advance Equitable Maternity Care and Eliminate Maternal Health Disparities WASHINGTON (June 25, 2020) – A new online resource to advance high-value and equitable maternity care, reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, and eliminate maternal health disparities in the U.S. was...
Statement by Jeff Micklos, Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force “The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer is the latest racial injustice that our country has witnessed. This unnecessary death occurs at a time when over 110,000 people have died from the COVID-19 virus, which is more than three times more fatal for Black Americans than White Americans. The Health Care Transformation...