How Autonomous AI is Reshaping Chronic Care Under the CMS ACCESS Model | Context 2026
The CMS ACCESS model launched on July 5th. For health systems still on the sidelines, the window to act is closing fast — and autonomous AI is at the center of what makes this model work. In this panel from Context 2026, Sandeep Mantri, VP and Senior Partner at Innovaccer, leads a candid conversation with Lisa Bari, VP of Policy and Partnerships at Innovaccer; Sam Hiatt, PharmD, Director of Medicare Program Operations at Community Care of North Carolina; and Ashul Govil, MD, Medical Director at Story Health by Innovaccer, on what the ACCESS model actually demands, how autonomous AI enables it at scale, and why health systems that stay passive risk losing their patient relationships entirely. In this video: → Why the ACCESS model was built for autonomous, technology-first care delivery → How autonomous AI fills the care gaps that physicians cannot cover alone → The disintermediation risk for health systems that do not engage proactively → What evaluating an ACCESS partner actually looks like in practice → Why patients are already using AI — and how to stay ahead of it Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and panel overview 02:03 What the CMS ACCESS model is and why it exists 05:58 Organizational requirements for ACCESS participants 08:50 Why the fee-for-service exclusion changes everything 11:26 Why CMS intentionally opened ACCESS to autonomous AI players 14:51 How ACCESS complements existing value-based care programs 18:01 What health systems should do right now 20:23 Build, buy, or partner — the decision framework 23:03 Taking ownership of patient relationships in ACCESS 28:00 The clinical risk of fragmented chronic care 30:35 What physicians should think about when evaluating ACCESS 35:15 What autonomous AI led care actually means in practice 38:31 Patients are already using AI — getting ahead of it with guardrails 40:15 Audience Q&A — direct enrollment and evaluating partners 🔗 Watch more Context 2026 sessions: https://lnkd.in/gsNS-ytr #HealthcareAI #AutonomousAI #CMSAccess #ChronicCare #HealthcareAutonomy #Context2026 #ValueBasedCare