Medicare Payment Programs
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CMS’s Medicare payment agenda is showing two parallel dynamics: expanded episode/ACO-style accountability through models like CJR-X, LEAD, and ACCESS, while operational risk is rising as providers prepare for mandatory-like downside exposure, post-acute management requirements, and tighter data infrastructure needs. The LEAD model is becoming a focal point for ACO strategists because it preserves fee-for-service architecture while pushing more financial accountability onto organizations that still face structural limits around attribution, specialty/post-acute coordination, and total-cost control. At the same time, Medicare Advantage remains
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