CMMI Alternative Models
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CMS’ alternative model agenda is shifting from broad participation toward sharper risk selection and infrastructure readiness: LEAD acceptance decisions are forcing ACOs that also applied to MSSP to choose their Medicare risk pathway before final methodologies are released, while stop-loss and downside-risk design are becoming central board-level decisions for ACOs and provider groups (Wakely on LEAD risk strategy). At the same time, episode-based and specialty models are moving into a more operationally intensive phase—CJR-X and TEAM are drawing hospital-sector scrutiny on data, quality measurement, and payment adequacy, while Kidney Care Choices savings performance reinforces CMS’ continued interest in condition-specific accountability. The key strategic tension for VBC stakeholders is whether the Trump administration’s CMMI, led by Abe Sutton under CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, can expand model discipline and technology-enabled oversight without triggering provider pushback over methodology opacity, underpayment risk, and AI-enabled utilization management concerns such as WISeR.
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