Provider Networks

Provider-network strategy is becoming more central to VBC execution as CMS’s CMMI, under the Trump administration, advances the 10-year ACCESS chronic care model with a first cohort spanning digital health, connected care, AI-native startups, ACO enablement firms, and tech-enabled plans—signaling a push toward scalable, tech-enabled chronic disease management tied to choice, competition, and taxpayer protection under CMMI’s “Make America Healthy Again” vision (ACCESS model overview). At the same time, Medicare Advantage network disruptions are intensifying access and continuity-of-care risks for retirees, while bipartisan scrutiny of MA oversight is rising—creating tension between narrower-network cost control and the provider stability needed for ACOs, plans, and health systems to deliver longitudinal population health outcomes ([MA network shakeups](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiigFBVV95cUxOWkhSX192VUJZejh5ejRaSE1OQmJfSW0tTmJDSEJCM1ZCMXduLVhxOVNEc25EcWEzR2pwMVE2cjJjdmljQVdXZHNNUlpGM1BiNmlxNmxUWDBQX3pKM3pCXzRLQU00bUItR