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CMS is signaling continued Trump administration support for tech-enabled, condition-specific VBC models by expanding the 10-year ACCESS Model to add heart failure, COPD, substance use disorders, and tobacco cessation tracks effective April 1, 2027—pushing Medicare chronic care management further toward scalable digital interventions, longitudinal monitoring, and specialty-primary care integration. For ACOs, primary care groups, and Medicare risk-bearing organizations, the strategic tension is whether ACCESS creates actionable infrastructure for population health and avoidable utilization reduction, or another complex model with uncertain ROI and operational burden, a concern already surfacing among provider leaders planning around the model but skeptical it will pay off (HFMA, [Medical Economics](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMixgFBVV95cUxQaW9fbWhhUmpMQ1dWbkx6NTlBN2V5MlMwQTFjM3FWeV9mLXIyRFlNc2dKOUlvajZmM1ZReWtmZHotby04ekVUekt3OTNwMGM0LUxjSzQ5Rm9QVHhLTjJ5X1MxdjFRUHQxckx5bzFLLUpjOEExaDlsS25iZThqTXhxU3JzWmlIajJPb
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