Payment & Delivery Reform
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CMS, under the Trump administration, has intensified its focus on structural payment and delivery reform, launching the ASPIRE pediatric Medicaid and CHIP pay model to advance value-based care in children’s health and continuing to test large-scale models through CMMI, with a recent GAO report noting only 4 models out of 70 tested have scaled nationally (CMS’ Innovation Center has tested 70 models, pushed 4 nationwide). Maryland’s continued success under global hospital budgets—showing an 11 percentage point drop in utilization compared to other states—underscores the momentum
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