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Workforce strategy is increasingly being reframed as a core VBC capability, not just an HR issue: rural hospitals, primary care groups, home-based care operators, and I/DD providers are emphasizing retention, team-based staffing, and medical management infrastructure to preserve access and manage high-risk populations outside expensive acute settings. The biggest policy tension is in Medicaid and long-term services and supports, where the direct care workforce—home health aides, personal care aides, and nursing assistants—is central to HCBS capacity but remains vulnerable to federal financing and eligibility changes that could destabilize care continuity for dual-eligible and disabled populations (KFF analysis). For ACOs and payers, the strategic implication is that primary care investment, physician-led team models, and early-tenure retention programs are becoming prerequisites for downside-risk performance, particularly as family medicine pipeline concerns and rural nursing shortages constrain attribution growth and population health execution (AAFP PrimaryCare26 campaign
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