Medicaid & Safety Net
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CMS Medicaid policy changes are intensifying pressure on safety-net financing: provider groups are pushing back on proposed restrictions to Medicaid state directed payments, while California stakeholders warn federal Medicaid cuts could undercut CalAIM and other population-health gains built around Medicaid managed care. At the same time, Medicaid work requirements create operational risk for eligibility, outreach, and care management programs—especially for SSI applicants who may struggle to document medical frailty and maintain coverage, increasing churn and uncompensated care exposure for ACOs and safety-net providers (KFF on SSI applicants and work requirements). In Medicare, CMS’s proposed 340B payment cut would redistribute outpatient revenue away from safety-net hospitals and toward for-profit hospitals, potentially weakening the financial base that funds complex-care, pharmacy, and community-based supports central to VBC performance (KFF on 340B payment impacts).
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