The Technology Strategy Survey · 2026
73% say CMS ACCESS changed their strategy. 
Cover of the NAACOS and Innovaccer 2026 Technology Strategy Survey Report on CMS ACCESS adoption
89%
Respondents say ACCESS is changing how they think about primary care's role.
59%
Respondents do not see ACCESS co-management payments as a meaningful funding source yet or think it is too early to comment.
What's inside
findings on where value based care is headed.
Straight from senior clinical and executive leaders — the people who set roadmaps and sign partnership agreements. The full data is in the report.
[ 01 ]
AI strategies and investments are already underway.
[ 02 ]
ACCESS has shifted plans, but partners aren’t chosen yet.
[ 03 ]
Funding is the biggest barrier to scale.
[ 04 ]
ACCESS strategy is ahead of ACCESS funding.
[ 05 ]
Outcomes and EHR integration earn commitment.
[ 06 ]
Primary care’s role is being rethought.
The defining gap
The gap between strategic vision and financial conviction — the single most actionable finding in the survey.
The market has decided ACCESS matters. It has not yet decided ACCESS pays. Closing that gap is less about persuasion and more about proof — and the report shows exactly what proof leaders are waiting for.
0%
0%
0-point gap
say ACCESS has already changed their technology strategy
believe ACCESS payments will fund that strategy
Base: 116 provider and value-based care leaders. Percentages rounded.
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Puzzle illustration representing the gap between strategy and funding in CMS ACCESS adoption, next to the survey report download form