Care Delivery Models
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Care delivery momentum is continuing to shift toward lower-acuity, home- and virtual-first models: hospital-at-home evidence showed lower in-hospital mortality and ED utilization, though not readmissions, reinforcing its VBC appeal while exposing operational and geographic access gaps for ACOs and MA plans (hospital-at-home study). At the same time, providers are expanding hybrid primary care, AI-enabled remote patient monitoring, and home-based hospitalization prevention, while hospice and MSK players are positioning for risk-based contractsâsignaling that population health infrastructure is moving beyond primary care into post-acute, palliative, and specialty episodes. Under the Trump administration, CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Ozâs prior authorization agenda is especially relevant for home health, where payersâ utilization controls remain in tension with the broader VBC push to move care out of hospitals and into the home (home health prior authorization implications).
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