Published by APM Connect on 11/9/2026 CJR-X does not begin until 2028, and hospitals keep asking the same question: how are we going to do in a model we have no data for yet? Session 3 of the Downside Risk Bootcamp answered it the only way it can be answered, by running national Medicare fee-for-service claims from 2023 through 2025 against the CJR-X rules and seeing what comes out. The session walked the national picture first, then took one blinded hospital apart line by li

Published by APM Connect on 11/9/2026 Sarah Chuzi, MD, MSc; Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH; Tara Lagu, MD, MPH. JAMA Viewpoint, published online November 2, 2026. Heart failure (HF) is one of the most evidence-rich areas of cardiovascular medicine, yet a persistent gap separates proven therapies from the care patients actually receive. In this JAMA Viewpoint, the authors argue that closing that gap requires more than changing clinician behavior. It requires infrastructure such a

Published by APMConnect Sept 2026 Year one of the Transforming Episode Accountability Model is upside only. That changes in January 2027, and the health systems building TEAM programs right now are doing it against that clock. The population health team at Mass General Brigham spent this session showing APM Connect members what their program actually looks like in operation: how patients get identified, who touches them before and after surgery, and which post-acute habits ar

Why ACOs should adopt the Value-Based Enterprise model to align with CMS TEAM, MSSP, and boost long-term success under value-based care.