Specialty Care Models

Specialty care VBC signals this week centered on kidney disease and long-term care: despite major investment in kidney care models, stakeholders are questioning whether interventions are aimed too late in the disease trajectory to materially reduce avoidable hospital costs, underscoring a gap between specialty risk contracts and upstream CKD population management (MedCity News). In Medicaid, Wisconsin’s expansion of managed long-term care options for roughly 9,000 members points to continued state-level movement toward capitated, coordinated models for high-need populations, with implications for provider networks, LTSS integration, and specialty/community-based care partnerships ([Becker's](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiyAFBVV95cUxQS0l5d3JrNTRvNTNScURtLXFjcXdtZzVISGkwakpwQ1FwY1NSc1VUcVE2WmFrVUJIZVV6UFhQYWtIVEpsVmJHMGpMSVZ0YjBBY0VEdWEyR1VHU3pFVzZOUFI3R1Bid0xWWDdoMzNwZG9qSkJfcXJEd1YzVmcwOUc3MlE5XzVON3