Care Coordination & Referrals
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Care coordination is moving from “access expansion” to tighter referral governance and specialty integration: risk-bearing ACOs are investing in technology enablement to manage attribution, referrals, leakage, and longitudinal care, while kidney and ambulatory specialty stakeholders are pressing for Medicare ACO models to better incorporate high-cost chronic disease management rather than leaving nephrology and specialty care outside population-health workflows. The week’s through-line is that VBC organizations need specialist-aligned operating models—not just more visits—with pharmacy quality-linked reimbursement, post-surgical primary care handoffs, and chronic disease specialty models all pointing toward tighter accountability for downstream cost and outcomes ([Duke-Margolis on ACO technology enablement](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxPODlCZ0ZNUUQ1QzVyZ2xRMFVRZkVsS3c1UDZzTFhJVVZxS1FPaDBfRkowRHo3SGlTVi02WkFNcWZ5U29qNTJqc0dPNmw0VTZGVElKZlpYQ3FGcXh1djJqWUwxcFhHcFlBYlJVT3dsZ3J2QVJ3OXg0X2lQenczQnpDMElMX0RpR1lxeF93RkR2NVlEcWFrU3BGaG
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