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CMS’s proposed 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule is emerging as a primary-care VBC pivot point, with payment changes that could strengthen internal medicine, support ACO participation, and make primary care practices more viable partners for home-based care and chronic disease management; ACP called the proposal a positive step for primary care, while home health stakeholders see potential for deeper ACO–home care alignment. At the same time, the Trump administration’s CMS ACCESS Model is testing a leaner chronic-disease management construct for Medicare beneficiaries, creating both opportunity and margin pressure for digital health vendors and physician groups as they assess whether lower per-patient payments can scale in value-based arrangements. The broader strategic signal is that Medicare primary care reform is moving on multiple tracks—fee schedule modernization, bipartisan accountable care legislation such as the Patients First Act, and CMMI experimentation—forcing ACOs, enablement companies, and provider groups to decide where to invest for downside-risk readiness and longitudinal population health infrastructure (ACP on 2027 MPFS; CMS ACCESS digital health positioning).
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