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Provider groups are pressing the Trump administration and Congress on payment-model friction points rather than new CMS model launches: ACP is urging a pause on AI-driven prior authorization, warning that automation could worsen inappropriate denials and administrative burden in Medicare Advantage and other managed-care arrangements (ACP). AMGA is similarly pushing to reduce documentation and DMEPOS ordering burdens, arguing that excessive administrative complexity undermines multi-specialty groups’ ability to succeed in risk-based contracts and sustain care-delivery innovation (AMGA issue brief). For ACOs, MA-aligned providers, and payer strategists, the near-term tension is clear: CMS payment-model participation and population-health execution are increasingly constrained by prior authorization, documentation rules, and primary care access bottlenecks rather than by model design alone.
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