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March 23, 2026   

The CMMI ACCESS Model: An Overview, Challenges and Opportunities, and Legal Implications

This Briefing is brought to you by AHLA’s In-House Counsel Practice Group.
  • March 23, 2026
  • Bryan G. Looney , Thompson Coburn LLP
  • Steven M. McCarty , Honest Health

Taking concepts learned through prior models, in May 2025, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), an agency within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced its vision to “build a health system that empowers people to drive and achieve their own health goals and Make America Healthy Again.” To accomplish this vision, CMMI promises to focus on models that involve a foundational principle of “protecting the federal taxpayer” while being guided by the following three interrelated strategic pillars:

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