ACO REACH & MSSP
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ACO strategy is being shaped by a near-term payment-policy squeeze and a longer-term primary care revaluation: CMS’s CY 2027 Physician Fee Schedule proposals would begin addressing primary care undervaluation while potentially reducing average physician reimbursement, intensifying the need for MSSP and ACO REACH participants to use care management, coding accuracy, and specialty-alignment strategies to protect margins. Stakeholders including Premier and AHA are pushing CMS to strengthen accountable care participation, reduce administrative burden, and improve interoperability, while industry groups such as HCTTF and new direct-contracting coalitions are positioning around more flexible risk arrangements beyond traditional MSSP constructs. The strategic signal for health systems and ACOs is that VBC growth is continuing—MSSP now covers a record 12.6 million beneficiaries and generated $2.4 billion in net Medicare savings—but success will depend less on joining a model and more on building an operating model that converts primary care investment into measurable total-cost and quality performance (HFMA on VBC operating model; Premier CMS feedback).
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