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CMS’ new interim final rule implementing Medicaid work/community-engagement requirements for adults ages 19–64 creates immediate coverage-retention and administrative-risk exposure for Medicaid MCOs, ACOs, safety-net systems, and VBC providers, with physician groups warning of care disruption and ASCO pressing for automatic exemptions for patients with cancer diagnoses (CMS work requirements). The policy is already triggering operational responses: Hackensack Meridian is racing to educate 500,000 patients at risk of losing Medicaid coverage, underscoring how eligibility churn could undermine attribution stability, quality performance, uncompensated-care forecasts, and population health interventions in Medicaid value-based contracts ([Hackensack response](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi9wFBVV95cUxNSk1LaGNROHQwNDV6M3c2OVE1ekF4SWRzS3NDZ2ZMdHdicWVuSlo1X3R6QkNQVFpZaGt0SnMtaHBOejQzQVZVazlrMENnQVVXWThRUVNQei0tc3VhWG5wWFlsMjZaWWZkVExpbW9RMmI0UWUyMWhjVm8zWDhUOGpwTU1wZHVwMWNf
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