; and (3) in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting , or, with respect to 2026 and each subsequent year, the scaled percentage amount (as defined in paragraph (2)(C)(vi)) after 3.5 percent . (b) Technical assistance The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide education and technical assistance to ACOs and other types of providers (as defined under section 414.1305 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)) that the Secretary determines to target or otherwise operate in rural or medically underserved areas or to involve material participation by small practice or safety net groups of providers of services and suppliers. Such education and technical assistance may include infrastructure support or access to data analytics to support ACO implementation in such rural or medically underserved areas or to benefit small practice or safety net groups of providers of services and suppliers, or other groups of providers of services and suppliers deemed to require additional support, such as providers of services or suppliers that are new to APMs, including specialists. (c) Partial qualifying APM participant modification Section 1848(q)(1)(C)(iii)(III) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(q)(1)(C)(iii)(III) ) is amended— (1) in item (aa), by striking 50 percent was instead a reference to 40 percent and inserting the applicable percent were instead a reference to the percent that is 10 percentage points less than the applicable percent ; and (2) in item (bb)— (A) by striking 75 percent and inserting the applicable percent