Program tests better ways to pay for, deliver care to people with chronic conditions
WASHINGTON, DC — Business Group on Health welcomed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)/Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) introduction of the Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) voluntary model to promote new payment and operational approaches.
Employers have long led and delivered programs and plan offerings aimed at promoting prevention, aligning incentives and engaging innovative medical providers, systems and Centers of Excellence in outcomes-focused arrangements.
The Business Group views the CMS ACCESS model as a catalyst that drives results over volume and shifts the market to reward leading-edge, technology-enabled providers for reimagining their approach to integrated, prevention-first care and alignment across disciplines
In addition, Business Group on Health believes that successful ACCESS model uptake would further the alignment between public and private payers on outcomes, prevention, accountability and value. This would simplify and streamline the path for providers to adopt value-based and outcomes-focused arrangements across their practices and payer engagements.
When CMS and employers work with providers to deliver care with these reforms at-scale, it will make a meaningful difference in the cost and quality of care, the health of employees and their families, and engagement with the health care system for all Americans.
About Business Group on Health
Business Group on Health is the leading non-profit organization representing employers’ perspectives on optimizing workforce strategy through innovative health, benefits and well-being solutions and on health policy issues. The Business Group keeps its membership informed of leading-edge thinking and action on health care cost and delivery, financing, affordability and experience with the health care system. Business Group members include the majority of Fortune 100 companies as well as public-sector employers, who collectively provide health and well-being programs for more than 60 million individuals in 200 countries. For more information, visit www.businessgrouphealth.org.
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