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CMS payment policy is moving on multiple fronts: stakeholders are pushing back on Medicaid payment rule changes that could constrain state financing and provider reimbursement, while KFF warns that Medicaid work requirements could cause SSI applicants to lose coverage due to complex “medical frailty” verification processes—raising near-term risk for ACOs, safety-net systems, and Medicaid VBC models managing high-need populations (KFF analysis). In Medicare, CMS is ending the Part D premium stabilization demonstration subsidies, creating 2027 premium and enrollment volatility for MA-PD and standalone PDP sponsors, while final SNF/IPF payment rules, proposed 340B reimbursement cuts, and 2027 MPFS primary care changes are sharpening the tension between federal cost control and provider investment in care management, access, and population health infrastructure (Part D subsidy change).
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