Bundled Payment Models
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CMS’s bundled-payment agenda is drawing sharper stakeholder pushback as FY 2027 rulemaking advances, with hospitals and ACO advocates pressing the Trump administration to recalibrate mandatory episode models—especially TEAM and the proposed Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Expanded (CJR-X)—around underpayment, risk adjustment, quality measurement, and operational feasibility. Premier and AHA are urging CMS to avoid layering downside-risk bundles onto already strained inpatient economics, while NAACOS and MedPAC attention to CJR-X signals that overlap with ACO attribution, episode accountability, and beneficiary incentives will be a key flashpoint for VBC strategy in 2027 (Premier comments; [AHA on CJR-X](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxQVXV3djVfbWEtaG5IQ0loaGJwaEZqYm9yUU5HZW9na2JTUmhuV2JNYUt5Sjc0aTlPcjFiV3FKek5nU1g3VVp4Sk9odzgzQURScUlZY0lXY0JvX0tTRDV0SVRaSXpzODVjQXVHcVMxOWVOTlVjUzRyUVFXVHZpTXpUVC
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