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Healthcare operations signals this week point to VBC-relevant pressure on the care-delivery workforce and avoidable utilization: states are using Medicaid and workforce policy to expand community-based doulas, rural behavioral health teams, and primary care training pipelines—moves that could support maternal health, behavioral health access, and population health performance if tied to accountable payment and quality metrics. At the same time, hospitals are tightening transition-of-care operations, including bedside medication delivery to reduce post-discharge friction, while rising AI-driven billing intensity—reportedly adding nearly $1B in costs over two years—creates a payer/provider tension around administrative automation, coding oversight, and total-cost accountability under ACO and MA contracts. See CHCS on [state support for community-based doulas](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMirgFBVV95cUxOY0M4WjR5U1B2RXZuNkQ3SVdrM1NTZHRZdG5WbG5JWHZvcnNxYU9yMV9ybk1ZRFp1aVJpRnV2c3BwcGxMdlo3OTlvaGJnVGhyN3JwbG1ZQXJESEZ6VWtBN3d1ZmZoZ3YtN1ZOeGFrOVNUbXR5TWRaSExsRzg1NUI1NEdrdkt4SVNxUEp2
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