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CMS is tightening the performance-and-accountability spine of value-based care: 2027 Medicare Advantage Star Ratings are creating material bonus/revenue volatility for plans and risk-bearing providers, while CMS is also proposing public MA provider-directory scores and PBM flat-fee limits—signaling more transparency and operational scrutiny around plan networks, quality, and pharmacy economics (Wakely analysis). At the same time, provider-side VBC is moving further into mandatory and specialty-oriented models, with hospitals preparing for CJR-X and ACOs/specialists using new contracting playbooks as CMS advances models like LEAD—raising the stakes for episode management, specialist alignment, and downside-risk infrastructure (Specialty Contracting Playbook). The through-line for executives: quality scoring, network accuracy, risk adjustment/RADV exposure, and specialty cost control are converging into a more audit-heavy VBC environment under the Trump administration’s CMS.
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