Statement
ACHP Statement on 2027 Medicare Advantage Star Ratings
CMS should hold plans harmless for measurement changes that penalize the plans serving the most complex patients.
Alliance of Community Health Plans
Health care built around communities, not shareholders.
ACHP represents 31 nonprofit, provider-aligned health plans. We bring evidence from the exam room to federal policy — and translate policy back into better coverage.
Washington, D.C.
Advocating for nonprofit, provider-aligned health plans and the communities they serve.
31
member organizations
24M+
lives covered
~40
states and D.C.
40+ yrs
average time in community
Latest
Where ACHP is weighing in
Comment letter
Comments on the Medicaid Community Engagement Rule
Verification burdens must not sever coverage for eligible enrollees. ACHP recommends four operational fixes.
Research
Different by Design: What Provider Alignment Actually Changes
A structural look at how nonprofit, provider-aligned plans deliver lower total cost of care.
What we do
A policy platform with a clinic behind every argument.
Our members are owned by, or aligned with, the systems that deliver care. That structure is the reason our recommendations survive contact with reality.
Federal advocacy
Direct engagement with Congress, CMS and the administration on the rules that shape coverage.
Policy analysis
Native HTML briefs, comment letters and data explainers built to be read, cited and machine-parsed.
Member collaboration
Peer networks where the country's leading nonprofit plans compare what actually works.
MA for Tomorrow
Reforming Medicare Advantage so it keeps its promise.
ACHP's framework sets five standards for a program that now covers more than half of Medicare beneficiaries: accurate risk coding, meaningful quality, network integrity, marketing accountability and a real path to value.
Read the framework