03/19/2026
2027 Medicare Advantage Star Ratings updates prove one thing: "check-the-box" healthcare is out.
CMS is significantly restructuring the Star Ratings program, retiring administrative process measures and doubling down on clinical outcomes. What does this mean for health plans?
• It means you can no longer win by just managing populations on paper. You have to manage the person.
• Health is deeply personal. A generic, surface-level approach to medication management won't drive the clinical results CMS now prioritizes.
• Plans need to look comprehensively at the patient's entire clinical profile, their specific disease states, and how their medications interact.
At Clarest Health, our Clarest Path solution delivers true Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM). We go beyond basic reviews to optimize the entire medication regimen because we know that driving real clinical outcomes isn't a numbers game.
How is your plan shifting its strategy from process to personalized clinical outcomes? Let's connect and talk about the future of CMM.