The Health Care Transformation Task Force developed the Alternative Payment Model (APM) Roles and Responsibilities Matrix as a resource to support payer, provider, and purchaser efforts to clearly identify and assign roles and responsibilities for common APM workstreams and activities. The goal of the matrix...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF or Task Force) is committed to developing resources designed to help both beginner and advanced organizations realize their full potential in transforming to a value-based health care system. Below, existing HCTTF resources are categorized for ease of reference....
Download the Report Developing and implementing processes and infrastructure to support the delivery of high-value care must be coupled with a health equity framework and an enabling public policy environment in order to achieve meaningful change. This new report, Promoting Equity and Value in Maternity Care,...
Since its inception, CMMI has been at the epicenter of federal government efforts to reform health care payment and delivery and has served as an effective catalyst in the development and adoption of value-based payment (VBP) models. However, there are factors limiting the impact of...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force, a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers and patient organizations, and Community Catalyst, a national non-profit advocacy organization working to build the consumer and community leadership that is required to transform the American health system, released a...
As the health care system continues to get more involved in this space, stakeholders are beginning to ask: what is the appropriate role of health care in addressing the social factors that influence health? Clear and consistent terminology is an essential first step to determining...
What's in a Name: A Primer on Global Budget Models The term “global budget” has been used to describe several different health care payment models. Commercial payers have referred to payment arrangements like the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) as a...
Download the Report Read an accompanying Health Affairs blog post, "To Help Fix The Maternal Health Crisis, Look To Value-Based Payment," authored by HCTTF Senior Director Clare Pierce-Wrobel and HCTTF Senior Associate Katie Green, further describing the opportunity for policymakers to advance outcomes-driven maternity models. Read our...
Ideal person-centered, value-driven health care involves consumers in all aspects of decision-making about their health care. In practice, however, most health care delivery falls far short of achieving this goal. The Health Care Transformation Task Force has created this implementation framework for engaging consumers in...
The Health Care Transformation Task Force developed the Partnership Evaluation Tool ("Tool") to support leaders as they assess potential partner organizations - or themselves - for readiness to engage in successful value-based partnerships. This interactive Tool is designed around a set of core competencies determined...