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Episode 58

AI and ACCESS: how Pair Team is scaling whole-person care to a broader population | Neil Batlivala

Apr 29, 2026
15:58

Episode Description

Neil Batlivala, CEO and Founder of Pair Team, joins to discuss how Pair Team provides AI-powered care management for safety net populations, addressing social needs alongside clinical care through a virtual medical group model and partnerships with social care providers.

The conversation centers on how Pair Team is thinking about CMMI ACCESS. Neil describes the rates as a feature, not a bug; CMS designed them to push participants to build sustainable, technology-driven models from the ground up. He discusses the role of AI in making 
mapping task automation over time, what that means for unit economics, and why channel partnerships with ACOs and PCPs are the right path to patient acquisition in this model.


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