Medicare ACO experts: What are the advantages of CMS' new LEAD model? CMS is replacing its ACO REACH accountable care model with a new ten-year demonstration model, LEAD (Long-term Enhanced ACO Design). Only some details are available -- application drop in March -- but it promises to expand on REACH's prospective-payment pitch to smaller practices with several features such as - allowances for high-need patients and dual eligibles; - lower beneficiary alignment minimums; - innovations like Part D premium buybacks. https://www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation/innovation-models/lead Our physician practice management readers would like to hear from Medicare ACO experts on how this builds on and differs from REACH, what sort of practices will be interested, and what potential entrants will want to know when the RFA comes out.