Becker's Healthcare January 9, 2026
CMS has become more aggressive with its rollout of new payment and care delivery models.
To provide healthcare leaders with an outlook for 2026, research firm ATI Advisory compiled observations from 2025 to gain a sense of CMS’ plans for its Innovation Center.
Here are five things to know:
1. Innovation Center activity accelerated in 2025 after cancelling or ending several models prematurely in the first quarter.
2. CMS has begun to lean into mandatory participation by requiring hospitals and ASCs to use either the Transforming Episode Accountability Model or Ambulatory Specialty Model, respectively.
3. Under the Advancing Chronic...
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