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In the past 30 days, CMS has approved more than 150 providers and digital health companies for participation in the new ACCESS (Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions) model, a voluntary 10-year value-based care initiative focused on technology-enabled chronic disease management for Medicare beneficiaries. The ACCESS model is structurally significant for value-based care stakeholders as it introduces leaner, below-expected payment rates and emphasizes measurable health outcomes over traditional fee-for-service, aiming to test the scalability of tech-enabled population health strategies for conditions like diabetes, depression, and obesity. Early participant reactions indicate optimism that ACCESS could accelerate adoption of value-based care, despite some industry concerns about payment adequacy and voluntary participation, reflecting ongoing tensions between the promise of tech-driven care transformation and financial sustainability CMS accepts 150 providers, digital health firms for ACCESS model | First 150 ACCESS participants launch chronic care experiment.

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