New Guide Available
The CMS ACCESS Implementation Guide version 0.9.1 is publicly available on the Digital Services at CMS GitHub website. Please review this resource and share with your organization! This comprehensive guide covers all APIs for the CMS ACCESS (Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions) Model.
Please share your feedback on the Implementation Guide, including any suggestions for how to improve this resource, by emailing the ACCESS Model Team at ACCESSModelTeam@cms.hhs.gov.
Upcoming Webinar
The CMS Innovation Center will host a webinar TOMORROW Wednesday, March 18, 2026, to provide an overview of the ACCESS Model Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and data submission requirements. The ACCESS Model team will also provide more information on the application timeline and resources.
There are no upcoming events at this time
About ACCESS Model
Today, people with Original Medicare have limited access to technology-supported care services for managing their chronic conditions because of Medicare payment barriers. Through ACCESS (Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions) Model, CMS will test a new payment option that emphasizes outcomes over activities, enabling clinicians to offer innovative technology-supported care that improves patients’ health and complements traditional care. Patients will have more options to help them meet their health goals, providers will gain new partners to help them co-manage their patients’ health, and Original Medicare will have a way to pay care organizations developing technology-supported services. ACCESS supports disease prevention and health promotion by empowering people who have Medicare and clinicians with more choices.
ACCESS Model tests an outcome-aligned payment approach in Original Medicare to expand access to new technology-supported care options that help people improve their health and prevent and manage chronic disease. The voluntary model focuses on conditions affecting more than two-thirds of people with Medicare, including high blood pressure, diabetes, chronic musculoskeletal pain, and depression. It will run for 10 years beginning July 5, 2026.
To be considered for the model’s first performance period beginning July 5, 2026, applications must be submitted via the Participant Portal by April 1, 2026. Applications received after this date will be considered for a January 1, 2027 start.
