ACCESS Model: behavioral health edition

A new value-based care program for chronic condition management begins July 5.

The Advancing Chronic Care with Effective Scalable Solutions Model, or ACCESS, offers vendors outcome-aligned payments for managing qualifying chronic conditions.

In total, 150 digital health companies are participating, including some in the behavioral health track. How does behavioral health fit into ACCESS, and what types of services are participants offering?

Senior Writer Anastassia Gliadkovskaya talks with two behavioral health companies about the elements needed for success and what the model signals about where payments for these services could be headed.

First, you’ll hear her conversation with Wes Knepper, vice president of clinical excellence at SonderMind. Then, you’ll hear her conversation with Jenna Glover, Ph.D., chief clinical officer at Headspace.

To learn more about the topics in this episode: 

• A deeper dive into the ACCESS Model—Who’s participating, potential headwinds and how it could spur h… 
• CMS taps 150 digital health companies, providers for ACCESS Model