Cercanos Care participates in the CMS ACCESS Model, a Medicare payment model that runs from July 5, 2026 through June 30, 2036. This summary covers the key points of your participation. The full ACCESS Model Informed Consent is available on request and is part of your record.
1. About This Program
What it is: A new CMS payment model test that pays for technology-enabled, clinician-guided care for chronic conditions in Original Medicare. Cercanos Care is paid based on your health outcomes, not the number of services.
Services may include: virtual visits with licensed clinicians, remote monitoring devices or apps, digital coaching and secure messaging, and coordination with your doctors. You are not required to use any particular technology to enroll.
Works with your doctors: This program complements your care team and does not replace it. Your primary care doctor receives electronic updates when care starts, if your care needs to be escalated, and at the end of your 12-month care period.
Eligibility: You must be enrolled in Original Medicare Part B. Medicare Advantage and PACE enrollees are not eligible.
2. Clinical Tracks
ACCESS has four clinical tracks. Cercanos Care offers the three below (the Musculoskeletal track is not offered). Your care team will check the track(s) that apply to you. You may not be enrolled in both eCKM and CKM at the same time.
Track
Qualifying Conditions
eCKM: Early Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic
Hypertension; dyslipidemia; obesity/overweight with central adiposity; prediabetes
Voluntary: Participation is your choice. Declining does not affect your Medicare coverage or any other care.
Switching or leaving: You may disenroll, or switch to another ACCESS organization offering the same track, any time after 90 days from the start of your alignment period, without penalty.
No cost to you: Cercanos Care waives the 20% Medicare coinsurance for ACCESS services for all ACCESS patients. You will not be billed for ACCESS services. You will not receive any payment or incentive for participating.
Medicare rights: You keep all Original Medicare rights and may see any Medicare provider. While you are enrolled, Cercanos Care will not bill fee-for-service Medicare for ACCESS-covered services.
4. Your Health Information
Cercanos Care will exchange your health information with CMS through secure APIs to verify eligibility, align you to a track, and report outcomes (such as blood pressure, cholesterol, HbA1c, weight, kidney function, and depression and anxiety scores, depending on your track).
Care plans and updates are shared electronically with your primary care doctor and referring clinicians.
Results are reported publicly only at the organization level. All sharing follows HIPAA and applicable privacy laws. See our Notice of Privacy Practices for details.
5. Control Group
To measure how well the program works, CMS randomly assigns some people who try to enroll to a control group. In the first year, about 1 in 10 people (a 90:10 ratio) are assigned to the control group. If you are assigned to the control group, you cannot enroll in this ACCESS track for 12 months. Your Medicare benefits, rights, and coverage are not affected in any way, and you can keep seeing your usual doctors. Cercanos Care will notify you of your assignment.
6. Consent and Electronic Signature
By completing the fields below and signing, I confirm that:
I have read this summary, had the chance to ask questions, and know I can request the full ACCESS Model Informed Consent.
I voluntarily agree to participate in the ACCESS Model through Cercanos Care, and understand I may leave or switch after 90 days from my alignment start date.
I understand I may be randomly assigned to a control group, as described in Section 5.
I authorize Cercanos Care to exchange my health information with CMS and my care team as described in Section 4.
I understand my signature below is my electronic signature, with the same legal effect as a handwritten signature under the E-SIGN Act (15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.) and Florida Stat. § 668.50.
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Contact Information
Cercanos Care
8600 NW 36th St, Suite 501 · Doral, FL 33166 · 305-831-2358
privacy@cercanoscare.com · www.cercanoscare.com · innovation.cms.gov/innovation-models/access
Retain in the patient record. Summary Version: September 2026, Cercanos Care Compliance Office