Strategic Data Infrastructure Investments Will Determine Success for CMS ACCESS Model Participants

Medicare’s Access Model Is a Worthy Experiment

The authority the Affordable Care Act (ACA) conferred on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to run novel experiments is arguably too broad and unconstrained. With minimal guardrails, the temptation for both Democratic and Republican administrations is to use CMMI to get around legal impediments to favored policies. But there are also some tests that are worth conducting that might not surface without something like CMMI allow…

Strategic Data Infrastructure Investments Will Determine Success for CMS ACCESS Model Participants

By David Harvey, CMS Product Manager, Cedar Gate Technologies, an IQVIA Business LinkedIn: David Harvey LinkedIn: Cedar Gate Technologies Managing chronic diseases remains a significant challenge in U.S. healthcare, both in terms of the total cost of care and poor patient outcomes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 90% of the nation’s $5.3 trillion annual healthcare expenditures go toward preventing, treating, a…