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CMS quality policy remains in flux across Medicare Advantage, post-acute care, and Medicaid HCBS: the 2027 MA final rule pairs consumer-protection changes with Star Ratings/payment implications, while CMS is also moving on SNF Quality Reporting, Care Compare, MDS requirements, and proposed 2028 HCBS quality measures—signals that plans, ACO partners, SNFs, and home-based care organizations should expect tighter scrutiny of outcomes, data completeness, and public reporting. For VBC operators, the near-term tension is operational: invest in care management, documentation, and measure performance infrastructure while policy changes may simultaneously alter incentives, beneficiary protections, and benchmark visibility across MA Stars and facility/community-based quality programs (KFF on MA final rule and Stars; SNF quality reporting proposed rule
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