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AI Summary — Last 30 Days
Over the past 30 days, the Trump administration’s CMS has accelerated structural reforms in value-based care with the upcoming launch of the ACCESS Model, accepting 150 digital health companies and providers to test technology-supported chronic care management tied to set payment rates—rates that have already drawn criticism for being lower than industry norms (Fierce Healthcare, The LI Daily). These moves signal a strategic push toward scalable, outcomes-driven payment models for conditions like diabetes, obesity, musculoskeletal pain, and depression, catalyzing both opportunity and financial pressure for ACOs and health systems as they adapt to new interoperability requirements and AI-enabled care processes. At the same time, CMS’s broadened digital participation and AI deployments in value-based contracts are intensifying competition among vendors, forcing payers and providers to reevaluate tech investments to remain viable under evolving payment structures.
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