Medicare’s new ACCESS payment model creates a reimbursement path for AI agents that monitor patients between visits and coordinate follow-up care. For builders, the significance is less the policy headline than the fact that healthcare now has a clearer economic slot for agentic workflows.
There is no governmental mechanism to pay for an AI agent that monitors a patient between visits, calls to check in, coordinates a housing referral, or makes sure someone picks up their medication. ACCESS creates that mechanism for the first time.