The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has accepted 150 applicants into the Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) model, which aligns Medicare payment with measurable health outcomes. The Innovation Center launched ACCESS to expand access to technology‑supported care for Original Medicare beneficiaries with obesity, diabetes, musculoskeletal pain and depression, testing scalable delivery and outcome measurement across diverse provider and vendor teams.
ACCESS is notable for its implications for AI in healthcare: participants are expected to deploy digital therapeutics, remote monitoring, predictive analytics and clinical decision‑support tools to drive measurable improvements. By tying payment to outcomes, CMS creates incentives to validate AI‑driven interventions at scale, potentially accelerating adoption while intensifying scrutiny on bias, privacy, interoperability and real‑world evidence generation.
