Provider Networks & Access

This week saw accelerating momentum around the CMS ACCESS model as multiple digital health innovators—including ALYKA Health, Story Health, and AristaMD—were named inaugural participants, signaling both a federal commitment to expanding value-based care (VBC) infrastructure and increasing opportunities for provider organizations to engage vulnerable populations through tech-enabled chronic care management. At the policy level, CMS delayed the Part D component of the BALANCE Model, temporarily slowing expanded GLP-1 access for Medicare beneficiaries, while bipartisan legislation was introduced to improve access and quality in Medicare Advantage, highlighting continued tensions between network design, payer oversight, and patient access in the evolving VBC landscape. See: [ALYKA Health selected as a participant in Medicare ACCESS Model](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxPMVZ3aDl3Z0NhY0JZY1M0amhwQkh1aGhCX3ZSTWFvRTNNQmtNS0pYUWdFTUZES1dBclJPcFlPcjFRaURYbVFiLWgxazMteTJ1VWdsclMtTjR2UVEyUS1za0xCOXZBaTdCMktxZDR3dnJWbm5WT0x2SF9qdmtnZUM1a0dNOVF2cERtbTlXQ1JlZk9TbHFWdF8zZ0xETnI5