The Accountable Care Prospective Trend (ACPT) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) could cost accountable care clinicians more than $700 million in lost shared savings for care delivered in 2025. These reductions are the result of inaccurate forecasting embedded directly into MSSP benchmarks.
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International direct hire is not new, but what’s changing is how health leaders are approaching it. Rather than viewing global recruitment as a situational solution, explored when domestic recruitment cannot fully meet demand, more and more health organizations are integrating it as a defining component of their long-term healthcare workforce strategy.
The Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) Model makes progress toward that goal by piloting outcome-based payments for technology-enabled care of several chronic diseases, including behavioral health, musculoskeletal conditions, and cardio-kidney-metabolic conditions.
CommonWell’s work over the past year reflects its continued leadership, network investment, and commitment to member readiness for Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement™ (TEFCA™) participation and support of the CMS Interoperability Framework.
The Vaccine Integrity Project, in collaboration with the American Medical Association, announced the kickoff of a structured, evidence-based review process to assess vaccine safety and effectiveness for the 2026–27 respiratory virus season. The review will focus on immunizations for influenza, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that its Traveler-Based Genomic Surveillance program has surpassed one million voluntary participants, marking a significant milestone in the United States’ ability to detect and respond to emerging public health threats at our borders.
Congressional leaders have agreed to a bicameral, bipartisan package of health care proposals that includes parts of the American Medical Association’s policy agenda.
The Sequoia Project, a non-profit and trusted advocate for nationwide health information technology interoperability, released the draft Pharmacy Care: Use Cases for Health Information Exchange for public comment. The Interoperability Matters Pharmacy Workgroup is seeking feedback through February 13, 2026, via online form.
As leaders move health care quality programs toward a technology-enabled future, accountable care organizations (ACOs) can play an integral role in piloting new initiatives, such as digital quality measures (dQMs), and evaluating the feasibility of approaches.