Value-Based Contracting
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CMS’s Longterm Enhanced ACO Design (LEAD) Model remains the most directly relevant VBC development, with new FAQ attention signaling continued stakeholder parsing of how the model could reshape long-term ACO participation, risk design, and provider accountability under the Trump administration’s CMS leadership. Meanwhile, payer-provider operating tensions are centered on AI-enabled prior authorization and collaboration reforms, with health system leaders pushing for administrative simplification that can support value-based contracting rather than undermine it through denials friction and delayed care ([LEAD Model FAQ coverage](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi7wFBVV95cUxQSGQ3dWl6eF9uWm5fZGRxSC1STE5FTWdIazdlajRadDlORHVmTHhkM0xTN1gxTHB4ZmJxMUE3TDlXYkxiMFNLWlhiUXFoWEVGOWxKNXZtLUdKWUhmSkxDQ0NkellaTFg2aXB1amFCMjhNYnBvTURBNTJxdVJSMHBDY2k5YTI5T1hyZGs3enJsTHdHX2dQbnhSaUJPSk10dWRQN0JVcHc2djBCZlV1V2ltY09DLVdtekdIdlEyaVdqeWJxY05mcWZ
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