Emily Bezold is a Technical Advisor within the CMS Innovation Center. In this role,  she provides technical leadership on policy development for the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and Medicare Advantage model portfolio. Prior to this role, Emily led value-based care policy and advocacy at Bloom Healthcare, a home-based primary care organization serving complex, chronically ill homebound patients. Previously, Emily lead development of the GUIDE dementia model and served as model lead for the Primary Care First and Comprehensive Primary Care Plus models at the CMS Innovation Center. Her policy expertise includes high needs care models, Medicare fee-for-service payment, ACO benchmarking, and primary care.