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CMS is broadening CMMIâs alternative model portfolio beyond episodic surgical bundles into chronic disease and technology-enabled longitudinal care: the Trump administration is expanding the ACCESS Model for 2027 to include heart failure, COPD, substance use disorder, and tobacco cessation, signaling a push toward scalable digital chronic care infrastructure and potential cross-payer alignment (Healthcare Dive). At the same time, strong savings data from the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model and early TEAM implementation pressures are reinforcing mandatory or quasi-mandatory episode-based payment as a continuing lever for Medicare cost control, with hospitals, post-acute providers, and ACOs needing tighter discharge, home health, and outpatient coordination strategies (TechTarget). For VBC stakeholders, the strategic direction is clear: CMS under Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and CMMI Director Abe Sutton is positioning alternative models around measurable savings, chronic condition scale, and operational technology, while providers face growing pressure to integrate population health, specialty bundles, and post-acute networks into a unified risk strategy.
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