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Specialty VBC activity is clustering around two fronts: musculoskeletal episodes and oncology. CMS’s specialty strategy under the Trump administration appears to be moving MSK care toward a broader episode-based architecture—TEAM, ACCESS, LEAD, ASM, CJR-X, and RISE are being framed as converging signals for hospitals, orthopedic groups, ASCs, and post-acute partners to redesign referral flows, site-of-care strategy, and longitudinal risk management rather than treat joint replacement as a standalone bundle (Techy Surgeon.

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