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...
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...
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 third...
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...
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...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force interviewed high-performing Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to assess structures and strategies that led to their success. Although each organization had differing approaches and experiences, common themes emerged in three major categories: 1) Achieving High-Value Culture, 2) Proactive Population Health...
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...
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...
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...
Health care industry leaders face incredible challenges in shifting from traditional, volume-driven fee-for-service to value-based payment and care delivery. The Health Care Transformation Task Force has created a framework to help guide decision makers in their transformation journeys, along with insights from organizations at the...