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...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) has joined with other health care leaders, including providers and payers, in asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to count Medicare Advantage (MA) contracts as Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) under the Medicare Access and...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force, a consortium of patients, payers, providers and purchasers working to transform the U.S. health care delivery system to promote value-based, person-centered care, announces the appointment of Caitlin Sweany as the director of transformation facilitation and support, effective immediately. Download...
Aligned Public, Private Payment Reform Critical to Sustaining Momentum for Competitive Marketplace, Reducing Costs, Improving Outcomes WASHINGTON (December 6, 2016) – The Health Care Transformation Task Force, a consortium of patients, payers, providers and purchasers working to accelerate the pace of U.S. health care delivery system...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force, a consortium of patients, payers, providers and purchasers working to transform the U.S. health care delivery system to promote value-based, person-centered care, announces the appointment of Clare A. Wrobel as the director of payment reform models, effective immediately. In this...
New Analysis Describes Seven Types of Accountable Care Payment Models WASHINGTON (June 21, 2016) – A new report from the Health Care Transformation Task Force, a consortium of patients, payers, providers and purchasers working to transform the U.S. health care delivery system, offers a comprehensive look...