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 ...

CMS’ upcoming ACCESS payment model is being billed as a turning point in how chronic care is reimbursed and managed — aiming to tie payments to patient outcomes and expand the use of digital tools.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec. 9 issued a proposed rule that would make changes to the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model beginning July 1, 2026. IOTA is a six-year mandatory ...

The Food and Drug Administration plans to select about 40 devices not yet cleared by the agency to receive special agency discretion to participate in the new chronic care Advancing Chronic Care with ...

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center has launched ACCESS, a model that expands access to technology-supported care for individuals on Original Medicare with obesity, ...

The CMS Innovation Center has debuted a new model to encourage the use of technology to treat chronic diseases, which could be a boon for health tech companies that have struggled with reimbursement.

ACORD, the global standards-setting body for the insurance industry, has announced the launch of the Next-Generation Digital Standards (NGDS) Object Model, designed to streamline digital data exchange ...

Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.1. The model exceeds the predecessor's performance on complex tasks. It is available to paid Claude users, Claude Code, API, Amazon Bedrock, and Google Cloud's Vertex ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in July ...

The CMS CGT Access Model involves 33 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico, focusing on sickle cell disease treatments for Medicaid beneficiaries. Outcomes-based contracts with manufacturers ensure discounts ...