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Quality measurement is moving from compliance architecture toward outcome accountability: CMSâs CMMI agenda under the Trump administration is tying new models such as ACCESS to prevention, chronic disease management, taxpayer protection, and patient choice, while Medicare Advantage/Part D Star Ratings and proposed HCBS measures signal continued tightening around measurable performance and beneficiary experience. At the same time, VBC stakeholders are confronting the execution gapâcare management, specialty-care partnerships, and MIPS Value Pathways are increasingly being judged on whether they can produce credible outcomes rather than just participation in alternative payment models, a tension captured in recent analysis of CMMIâs ACCESS model and CMSâs 2027 Star Ratings final rule.
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