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Episode-Based Payments

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HCTTF is pushing CMS to use the FY 2027 IPPS/LTCH PPS rulemaking cycle to strengthen hospital value-based care infrastructure, with implications for episode-based payment alignment, quality measurement, and provider accountability under the Trump administration’s CMS leadership (HCTTF comments). At the same time, skilled nursing operators are trying to navigate CMS’ overlapping VBC “alphabet soup,” underscoring a near-term operational tension for ACOs and episode-based models: post-acute partners must manage SNF VBP, ACO attribution, and bundled-payment incentives without clear simplification from CMS ([Skilled Nursing News](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxPcDZrTWNCS2RRZkZfbFRiVXlKSnY1YVpmelluNnRHNlpmS1ZLeGV4bWNEMGZBMlZzTm1saUlrRVctMlR0Qy1mMnpoWUZfSlFBbmtvbUVNd1JqT196c2ZKODlrSzZEQm1ncVFsQ3pRdUo5V2ZjZnMwbTlDN0hTUHhSd3UtMFFoalVJUFE2