Community Hospital Task Force
November 2007
Vision
Sustainable community hospitals that meet community needs and are supported by a payment system that promotes high-quality and cost-efficient care.Charge
Using its initial findings on community hospitals (external link), the Community Hospital Task Force will address one of its two earlier recommendations: payment reform. The long-term charge to the Task Force is to recommend changes to health care payment methods used by all payers that realign incentives to promote high-quality and cost-efficient care. (For complete task force charge, see PDF below.)
CHTF 1 Nov192007 Charge
CHTF 1 Nov192007 PrinciplesForWork
CHTF 1 Meeting Schedule NovtoJan
CHTF 1 Nov192007 Agenda
CHTF 1 Nov192007 Previous Findings
CHTF 1 Nov192007 Medicaid Method For Purchasing Hospital Services
CHTF 1 Nov192007 MedPAC Payment Basics 07 hospital
CHTF 1 Nov192007 Notes
CHTF 2 Nov272007 Agenda
CHTF 2 Nov272007 Notes
CHTF 2 Nov 272007 Medicaid Payments 2005-2007
CHTF 2 Nov272007 MS-DRGs and other IPPS issues
CHTF 3 Dec122007 Agenda
CHTF 3 Dec122007 Notes
CHTF 3 Dec122007 RI Inpatient Payment Options 12-15-06
CHTF 3 Dec122007 RI Inpat Payment 12-12-07
CHTF 4 Dec192007 Agenda
CHTF 4 Dec192007 Meeting Notes
CHTF 4 Dec192007 RI Inpat Payment 12-19-07
CHTF 4 Dec192007 UpdatedWorkplan
CHTF 5 Jan72008 Agenda
CHTF 5 Jan72008 Common Payment Framework
CHTF 5 Jan72008 Hospital Outpatient Payment Overview
CHTF 5 Jan72008 Memo On Outpatient Payment Issues
CHTF 5 Jan72008 RIteCare-CommercialOptions
CHTF 5 Jan72008 RIteCareandCommunityHospitals
CHTF 5 Jan72008 Notes
CHTF 5 Jan72008 UpdatedWorkplan
CHTF 6 Jan222008 Agenda
CHTF 6 Jan222008 RI Inpat Payment Simulation presentation
CHTF 6 Jan222008 UpdatedWorkplan
CHTF 6 Jan 222008 Notes
CHTF 7 Feb272008 Notes
CHTF2 7 Feb272008 Agenda
CHTF2 7 Feb272008 InpatientPaymentMethodology
CHTF2 7 Feb272008 P4Q
CHTF 8 Mar112008 Agenda
CHTF 8 Mar112008 Rate Oversight Options v3
CHTF 8 Mar112008 IssuesList
CHTF 8 Mar112008 CEOMeetingReport
CHTF 8 Mar112008 PresentationSlides
CHTF 8 Mar112008 Notes
CHTF 9 Apr282008 Agenda
CHTF 9 Apr282008 Notes
Final Report
Report of the Community Hospital Task Force Presented to Hon. Donald L. Carcieri, Governor, State of Rhode Island Hon. Elizabeth H. Roberts, Lt. Governor, State of Rhode Island June 3, 2008



