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CMS’s new 10-year ACCESS payment model has drawn significant interest, with more than 150 applicants—including major digital health companies and providers—despite leaner payment rates and voluntary participation requirements that are testing industry appetite for risk and operational efficiency. At the same time, large-scale AI deployments, such as Zynix AI’s rollout of care execution agents across over 1 million value-based care patients and a new partnership with Palm Beach ACO, are accelerating automation in patient outreach, documentation, and workflow, signaling a shift toward technology-enabled population health management among leading ACOs and health systems. These developments underscore mounting pressure on organizations to transform their operating models and adopt advanced tools to succeed in the evolving value-based care landscape under current CMS leadership.
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