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Transitions of care from the emergency department (ED) represent a period of heightened vulnerability for older adults, driven by medical complexity, functional impairment, and social factors.

The authors argue that Maryland's next phase of payment reform must move beyond hospital global budgets to engage frontline clinicians in population health, outlining priorities for the new AHEAD model including population-based payments, expanded incentives, and regulatory modernization.

The Medicare Advantage Star Ratings program has operated for decades and directs billions of dollars in quality bonus payments, yet little is known about which measures have driven observed performance improvement over time.