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Blue Shield of California is one of17 major health plansthat has committed to adopting payment models inspired by the Medicare Innovation Center’s ACCESS Model.
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The insurer’s chief medical officer Ravi Kavasery told me that it’s still figuring out details of what this will look like, including whether it will adopt CMS payment amounts and what organizations it will work with. He said Blue Shield of California, which serves 6 million members, expect to launch similar models in commercial plans in 2027.
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Mario covers technology in health care, including FDA regulation of artificial intelligence; how Medicare pays for health tech; the use of AI in clinical care; mental health chatbots; and consumer wearables. He’s also the co-author of the free, twice weeklySTAT Health Tech newsletter. You can reach Mario on Signal at mariojoze.13.
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