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April 21, 2026

CMS 2027 Final Notice: what you need to know

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Risk adjustment

CMS released the 2027 Final Notice on April 6, 2026. Many of the key changes proposed in the Advance Notice appear in the final notice, with a few key exceptions.

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Value-based care survey

Physicians and executives give practical feedback from the front lines. To assist in your transition to VBC, learn new findings from your colleagues who are experiencing its various challenges and opportunities.

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Key metrics for value-based care

Value-based care (VBC) is designed to incentivize providers to improve outcomes in a cost-efficient manner. In other words, payment and quality of care are inextricably linked.

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What’s behind the move from retrospective to prospective risk adjustment?

Health plans across the country are recognizing the superior value of prospective risk adjustment programs, and rightfully so.

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Another blow to detached health risk assessments

Health Affairs recently published a study of data from 4 million Medicare Advantage (MA) members indicating that health risk assessments (HRAs) contributed up to $12 billion per year to risk adjusted payments in 2020.

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