CMS is developing the ACCESS Model, a new national program that will pay Medicare Part B–enrolled organizations based on chronic-condition outcomes, care coordination and social-needs integration, ...

CMS has been trying to scale value-based care for decades with mixed results — but the agency’s newly announced ACCESS model could represent a more meaningful step toward aligning payment with ...

For decades, chronic disease management in Medicare has been hampered by a fee-for-service payment system that rewards volume and activity rather than true clinical improvement. This model created ...