HealthIT Answers October 8, 2025
Deepan Vashi

CMS is rebranding its Health Equity Index reward program, now calling it the Excellent Health Outcomes for All (EHO4all) reward. The EHO4all program will affect 2027 Medicare Advantage star ratings, based on data from the 2024 and 2025 plan years.

The name change reflects the agency’s “goal of ensuring exceptional care for all enrollees,” according to the CMS April 2025 capitation rate announcement. Just as it planned to do under the Health Equity Index reward program that EHO4all supersedes, CMS will remove the current reward factor when the new reward program is implemented. CMS says this should incent improved plan performance across all enrollees, not just the those who typically are at higher risk, such as dual-eligibles, low-income subsidy recipients...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), CMS, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Medicare Advantage, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Technology
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