Why a connected device company is well positioned for CMMI's ACCESS model | Patrick Sheehan (Withings)

Patrick Sheehan, VP of Value-Based Care at Withings, walks through why a connected device company sees the CMMI ACCESS opportunity differently than pure digital health players. For Withings, the device is the core cost structure, which changes the rate math entirely. Plus, their existing relationships with ACOs and health systems give them a coordination foundation that most ACCESS applicants are still figuring out.

The conversation covers how Withings became a Medicare Part B provider, what they've built on top of their connected device offering to participate in ACCESS, and why Patrick believes the program only works if participants coordinate care back to PCPs and ACOs rather than going at it alone.

Patrick also discusses patient choice as the most transformational design element of ACCESS, the fragmentation risk that comes with it, and how Withings is thinking about patient awareness and outreach as the program launches in July.

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