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CMS is using the proposed 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule to push Medicare physician payment further toward accountable care—pairing an overall physician pay cut with reforms that would phase out MIPS, expand ACO participation, and strengthen primary care payment—signaling that fee-for-service updates are increasingly being tied to participation in alternative payment models rather than standalone rate relief (Fierce Healthcare). In parallel, CMS’s ACCESS Model launch and continued development of LEAD ACO reinforce a strategic
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