New Model Mania: Unpacking CMS's RHTP, ASM, LEAD, ACCESS, and ELEVATE
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The episode discusses the implications of new federal health models for rural and specialty care as CMS prepares for 2026.
As 2025 comes to a close, CMS signals are becoming clearer across rural health, specialty care, chronic care, prevention, and accountable care. In this end-of-year episode, Coral Founder Meg Koepke is joined by Maria Alexander, Kate Freeman, and Trevor Abeyta to unpack what the latest federal models reveal about where policy and accountability are heading in 2026 and beyond. They discuss what RHTP signals about rural transformation, how ASM expands mandatory accountability into specialty care...
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