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Mandatory bundles remained the clearest VBC signal this week, with provider attention shifting to operational readiness for CMS’s CJR-X model—episode-cost management, post-acute network control, physician alignment, and data infrastructure are becoming immediate priorities for hospitals exposed to downside risk under the Trump administration’s CMS. At the same time, the debate over unbundling ā€œglobalā€ maternity billing shows a countercurrent: stakeholders are challenging whether legacy bundled payments obscure service-level accountability and patient/provider transparency, a tension that matters as CMS and payers weigh when bundles improve value versus when they mask utilization and cost variation. See: Forvis Mazars on CJR-X readiness and STAT on maternity global billing changes.

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