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CMS’ Trump administration Medicaid agenda is moving from statute to operations: new interim final guidance on federal work requirements sets an 80-hours/month standard for many adults ages 19–64, pushing states, Medicaid MCOs, ACO-like entities, and safety-net providers to build exemption, reporting, outreach, and continuity-of-coverage workflows—especially around medical frailty, behavioral health, and rural access risks (CMS work requirements guidance). At the same time, VBC equity evidence is becoming more operationally relevant: findings that the federal Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Program reduced dementia care disparities and new analysis of outcomes for socially vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries across payment arrangements reinforce that payment models can narrow gaps, but only if risk adjustment, attribution, and SDoH infrastructure keep pace with Medicaid coverage churn and state budget pressure.

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