ACCESS update: CMS boosts coverage for heart failure technologies

CMS expands ACCESS pilot to boost use of digital health tech

The CMS is expanding the number of covered conditions under the program to include heart failure, COPD, substance use disorders and tobacco cessation.

CMS to add more chronic conditions to ACCESS model in 2027

The Trump administration is expanding Medicare’s new technology-based payment experiment to cover more chronic conditions, including COPD, substance use disorder and tobacco cessation.

ACCESS update: CMS boosts coverage for heart failure technologies

The ACCESS model is designed help more patients get treated and managed with advanced technologies. In addition to heart failure, improved coverage has been announced for Medicare beneficiaries battling COPD, substance use disorders and nicotine dependence.

CMS announces expansion of ACCESS Model

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 15 announced an expansion of its outcome-aligned payment model offering technology-supported care to individuals with Original Medicare. The Advancing Chronic Care with Effective Scalable Solutions Model, or ACCESS, will now offer care options to beneficiaries with heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, substance use disorders and nicotine dependence. CMS said the new condition tr…

CMS Expanding ACCESS Model in 2027

This CMS ACCESS model expansion 2027 adds heart failure, COPD, substance use, and tobacco cessation tracks.