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CMS’s Medicare Advantage quality-payment regime is under intensifying legal and fiscal pressure: Elevance sued CMS over a post-Clover star ratings recalculation that it says cost the insurer $115 million, while KFF estimates MA quality bonus payments will exceed $13 billion in 2026 despite fewer enrollees in bonus-eligible plans. For VBC leaders and payer strategists, the immediate risk is greater volatility in MA revenue assumptions, star-rating strategy, and bid planning as CMS faces competing pressures to defend its methodology, contain MA overpayments, and preserve quality incentives. Meanwhile, scrutiny of CMMI-linked AI/utilization management efforts such as WISeR signals that CMS under the Trump administration may push technology-enabled payment integrity while facing provider and beneficiary-access concerns. Elevance lawsuit | [KFF MA bonus estimate](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMixAFBVV95cUxNSzhmdENYSmU0Y1Fzd0l2WHU5RHNUdDM5WGpPUjVlR1BsQXVBSUZfN3l6SmNMWDRXQVhIZlNVMkw1VlNNa2d3cEh2WHFXOHoyQ1hOOGEySkF1SjJ6Q0NOWU1uaEhNaDRVNU
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