Quality Metrics
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CMS quality measurement is becoming a sharper financial lever across value-based models, with stakeholders pressing the Trump administration’s CMS to refine TEAM and CJR-X quality/risk design—particularly around therapy visibility, episode risk adjustment, and hospital underpayment concerns in the FY 2027 IPPS rulemaking (Premier comments). At the same time, performance-based upside remains material: kidney care and Medicare Advantage stakeholders are pointing to quality scores, shared savings, and Star Ratings changes as proof that measurement architecture can rapidly affect revenue, market valuation, and model participation strategy. The through-line for ACOs, hospitals, and specialty conveners is that quality metrics are no longer just compliance inputs—they are increasingly determining whether VBC models such as CJR-X, TEAM, kidney care models, and MA Stars are investable, operationally manageable, or financially punitive.
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