Healthcare Affordability
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CMS is accelerating affordability-focused payment reform under the Trump administration, pairing evidence from the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model—reported to have generated $180M in Medicare savings while maintaining quality—with signals that episode-based models could expand nationally, reinforcing downside-risk readiness for hospitals, specialists, and ACO-adjacent networks. At the same time, CMS finalized the GLOBE drug pricing model to apply most-favored-nation-style pricing to Part B drugs, triggering immediate pharma litigation and sharpening the strategic tension between federal savings targets, provider drug-margin exposure, and specialty-care access. Medicare Advantage remains under cost and quality scrutiny, with 2027 Star Ratings supporting bonus payments for high-rated plans even as MedPAC’s $76B overpayment estimate and county-level plan exits raise pressure on payers and risk-bearing providers to prove value through coding integrity, network performance, and benefit sustainability. CJR savings and expansion implications GLOBE drug pricing model litigation
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