Specialty Care Integration
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Specialty care integration is moving from concept to operating model, with kidney care leading the evidence base: Interwell reported strong quality scores and shared savings in CMS’ Kidney Care Choices Model, while Strive Health’s risk-aligned CKD/ESKD partnerships emphasize earlier identification, multidisciplinary coordination, conservative kidney management, and AI-enabled outreach as scalable infrastructure for specialty VBC. The strategic implication for ACOs and payers is that specialty groups are becoming accountable cost-and-quality partners rather than downstream referral sites, creating pressure to align attribution, data sharing, and shared-savings distribution across nephrology, behavioral health, oncology, and primary care. Behavioral health and oncology are following the same pattern, with integration into VBC contracts increasingly dependent on measurable symptom management, patient-reported outcomes, and care-navigation workflows rather than stand-alone fee-for-service specialty episodes ([Interwell in Kidney Care Choices](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi8AFBVV95cUxNa19xZ2RoU1cyTTQ4Y1JUSlFjV0Nyc3MzTUtTUHNLbjFRZ2VhT3VpbDdxdS0zWU1Lcm9LZHRqMkpURkR0Q3VISFFVYlQxWkMxM3ZyVC1uUTU1WGFCdmJ2dHZ4R1VvYWtDUUJyaExxd3I
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