Value-Based Contracting
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Value-based contracting this week showed a sharper enforcement-and-accountability edge: the DOJ’s $542M settlement with Humana-owned The Villages Health over alleged Medicare Advantage risk-adjustment overcoding underscores rising legal and financial exposure around diagnosis capture, coding governance, and delegated provider risk arrangements (Healthcare Dive). At the same time, delivery-system preparation for downside risk continued, with providers positioning for CMMI’s TEAM bundled-payment model and ACO participation by tightening post-acute networks, change management, and population health capabilities (AMGA). For health systems, ACOs, and payers, the signal is clear: VBC growth is continuing, but under the Trump administration’s CMS leadership, operational readiness must now be paired with stronger compliance controls, documentation discipline, and measurable care-management ROI.
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