Hello and welcome to Health Affairs This Week. I'm your host, Jeff Beyers. We are recording on 11/07/2025. This is the last episode for the year, so we're publishing this episode on November 21. Thank ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revealed several updates to the ACO REACH program in 2026, though the model's long-term future remains unclear. The CMS said it is making changes to ...
The CMS has announced a successor for an expiring value-based care pilot in traditional Medicare that experts say should entice more providers into accountable care arrangements. The Long-term ...
The authors discuss ways to ensure that accountable care organizations do not bear the cost of inaccurate spending growth predictions. As the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s most ...
CMS is pursuing empiric fee-schedule accuracy in original Medicare (eg, validating procedure time assumptions) while rapidly expanding MSSP and CMMI pathways to move beyond unmanaged fee-for-service.