Network Adequacy
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CMS is tightening the fiscal and network rules around government-sponsored managed care: the Trump administration’s proposed Medicaid state-directed payment rule would sharply restrict supplemental Medicaid financing and claims over $500 billion in federal savings, creating new pressure on Medicaid MCO rates, provider participation, and VBC arrangements that rely on state payment add-ons or safety-net subsidies (Healthcare Dive). At the same time, Medicare Advantage instability—slower enrollment growth, provider-plan contract breakups, calls for MA reform, and CMS’ withdrawal of a 2027 special enrollment rule tied to network disruptions—is making network adequacy a strategic risk for ACOs, delegated groups, and health systems managing MA populations. CMS’ six-month national moratorium on new hospice and home health Medicare enrollment adds a fraud-control overlay that may protect program integrity but could constrain post-acute network capacity, especially for VBC entities dependent on home-based care to manage avoidable utilization.
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