CMS has set a goal for 100% of Traditional Medicare beneficiaries to be in an accountable care relationship by 2030. This isn't optional — it's a system-wide shift from fee-for-service to value-based care, enforced through expanding payment programs and penalties.
MIPS performance threshold at 75 points. Non-reporters lock in penalties. The ACCESS model (targeting chronic MSK pain) launches July 2026. Medicare fee schedule cuts continue hitting manipulation codes.
Payment adjustments from 2026 MIPS performance take effect. Non-reporters receive -9% penalty on all Medicare Part B charges for the entire year.
CMS target: 100% of Medicare beneficiaries in value-based accountable care. Practices outside the system face compounding fee cuts and exclusion from referral networks.
The 2026 performance year is already underway. Every year you wait, the thresholds rise, the cuts compound, and the gap gets harder to close.
Run Your NumbersHealthcare is rapidly shifting toward outcome-driven, payer-ready models. As an independent healthcare provider, you're at risk of being left behind — again — without the collective leverage and infrastructure needed to participate.
A VBE provides what you can't achieve alone: legal collective bargaining power, access to value-based contracts, and a seat at the negotiating table with payers.
VEA's VBE structure — powered by ChiroEdge (the revenue cycle and administrative engine) and Spine Care Partners (the clinical, systems, and growth-enablement engine) — complies with federal regulations (OIG/CMS 2020 safe harbors) so you can negotiate fees, share resources, and participate in care-coordination payments — all capabilities impossible for solo practitioners to achieve alone.
The result: You gain market relevance, negotiating strength, and protection in an evolving healthcare landscape — while maintaining full ownership and independence.
Federal compliance (OIG/CMS 2020 safe harbors) enables you to negotiate fees and contracts with payers — capabilities unavailable to solo practitioners.
Access to value-based contracts and care-coordination payments that reward quality outcomes, not just volume.
A seat at the negotiating table with payers, giving you market relevance and protection in an evolving healthcare landscape.
Gain all these advantages while maintaining full ownership and independence of your practice.
Every VEA clinic uses the same data-backed EHR foundation, so outcomes and performance can be measured across the network.
That gives us what individual practices can't achieve alone:
Calculate how much you could earn through VEA's infrastructure.
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