The CMS Innovation Center has debuted a new model to encourage the use of technology to treat chronic diseases that could be a boon for health tech companies that have struggled with reimbursement. The Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) Model is a 10-year payment program that would offer stable, recurrent payment for technology used to treat diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, obesity, depression and anxiety. Certain software-based health technologies, like prescription digital therapeutics, have not traditionally been covered by Medicare because of limitations to the Medicare statute. Under the ACCESS Model, novel technologies cleared by the Food and Drug Administration could prove themselves based on the outcomes they produce.
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Source: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/cmmi-debuts-access-model-spur-use-tech-chronic-disease-treatment