Will the Medicare ACCESS Model Spark the Next Health Tech Gold Rush? Jeff ByersandAndrew G. Rundle May 29, 2026

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hp20260528.458713/full/ Health Affairs Publishing’s Jeff Byers welcomes Andrew Rundle of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health to the pod to discuss his recent Forefront article about Medicare’s upcoming ACCESS model and its potential to expand digital health for chronic disease management. They discuss why the program could spur rapid growth in health tech while highlighting key challenges, including serving an older population with varying degrees of digital literacy and adapting to a new, evidence-driven marketplace.