On April 15, 2026, the Department of Health and Human Services revised the "Long-term Enhanced ACO Design (LEAD) Model."

The LEAD model aims to enhance the quality of beneficiaries’ care by accelerating the delivery of value-based care and to increase savings to the Medicare Trust Fund by incentivizing health care providers to deliver preventive, coordinated care while empowering beneficiaries to take greater control of their health.

LEAD is designed to achieve the following goals:

Attract health care providers that have had limited participation in ACOs previously;

Encourage health care providers to deliver preventive care;

Empower beneficiaries to be . . .

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