{"id":390673,"date":"2026-04-14T00:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/390673\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T00:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:42:13","slug":"medicares-access-chronic-care-pilot-signs-up-150-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/390673\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicare’s ACCESS chronic care pilot signs up 150 companies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how tech is changing the practice of health care and the business and policy challenges to realizing tech\u2019s promise. He\u2019s also the co-author of the free, twice weekly STAT Health Tech newsletter<\/a>. You can reach Mario on Signal at mariojoze.13.<\/p>\n

More than 150 companies and providers have been provisionally approved<\/a> to participate in an experimental Medicare program meant to expand access to technology-supported chronic care. They include\u00a0popular mental health apps, wearable device makers, a life sciences company tied to Google, and startups that help large health systems manage heart failure patients.<\/p>\n

Announced late last year by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, the ACCESS model<\/a> will pay participants set rates to treat chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, musculoskeletal pain, anxiety, and depression. The payments are tied to measurable health outcomes; the model is meant as an alternative to paying for individual technology services. The initial deadline to participate in the first ACCESS cohort was April 1, but CMMI Monday announced it will extend the deadline to allow more to join.<\/p>\n

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CMS officials say the large number of applications to participate in ACCESS exceeded their expectations and that the enthusiasm suggests modest payment rates and restrictions did not discourage digital health companies from applying. According to officials, most of the participants had not previously served Medicare patients.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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