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Medicare Advantage stakeholders are confronting a VBC durability problem: churn among the sickest MA members is weakening plans’ incentives to invest in longitudinal long-term care supports, creating tension between annual enrollment dynamics, risk adjustment, and the multi-year ROI needed for high-need population management (McKnight’s). At the same time, Cityblock’s planned acquisition of Homeward Health and $116M Series E financing signals continued capital backing for Medicaid/Medicare-focused, home- and community-based care models targeting underserved populations, even as hospitals prepare for 2027 H.R. 1 pressures and CMS under the Trump administration keeps payment-model efficiency, fraud control, and technology-enabled care redesign in focus (MedCity News).
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