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CMS’s new Medicare ACO direction is coming into sharper focus as stakeholders parse the LEAD and ACCESS models: both aim to expand accountable care, but the immediate tension is whether smaller physician-led and safety-net providers can manage downside risk, data demands, and beneficiary engagement requirements fast enough to participate meaningfully. The ACCESS model in particular is drawing attention from digital health and enablement companies seeking roles in analytics, care navigation, and patient outreach, while ACO operators are assessing how the LEAD design changes attribution, benchmarking, and operational risk for primary care groups ([Aledade on LEAD](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiggFBVV95cUxQMjMwak1tRDRZS2lVam5pcXNYd2IxVS1ROWpGYXdGS2RYQUZwNUNYSExIZ092Z092bFMyV0dfNld0QV9rbG5GZnNkbmxXWENPQVZwUWxKbkF6Z09pWHg0NHdVdkJHUmpuS2luVUZNREZHdGdMNGxsTmk1SjRmSndHMnpR0gGSAUFVX3lxTE9malNfWV9oZ21sNExDTmhJUExHWXljOWpRSlp4M3c1bjk5b2FITElIRWgzWTZncEZxOVN
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