Stephen Bentfield
Overview
Stephen Bentfield is a partner and a member of the firm’s Health Care Group. Stephen counsels health care organizations on a wide range of health care regulatory and transactional matters. His regulatory experience includes helping clients with issues such as fraud and abuse enforcement risk analysis and mitigation, organizational compliance programs and policies, managed care, value-based care, reimbursement, licensure, and state regulatory issues. On the transactional side, Stephen has extensive experience drafting contracts, advising on deal structuring and negotiation, including the creation of joint ventures and other new corporate structures, as well as mergers and acquisitions.
Career & Education
- St. Lawrence University, B.A., 1995
- Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 2003
- District of Columbia
- Massachusetts
- Colorado
Stephen's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 09.28.26
CMS Expands ACCESS Model to Cover More Chronic Conditions
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will add four condition tracks to its Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) Model next spring, according to a September 15 announcement, to address gaps in chronic disease management between scheduled provider visits. The 10-year voluntary model officially launched on July 5, 2026. In its initial form, ACCESS targeted four high-prevalence conditions: high blood pressure, diabetes, chronic musculoskeletal pain, and depression. CMS reports that three out of four Medicare beneficiaries qualify for at least one existing ACCESS track. The new and expanded condition tracks are heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), substance use disorders (SUDs), and tobacco cessation. In addition, the existing chronic musculoskeletal pain track, which is currently limited to an initial 12-month period, will be extended for certain specified conditions.
Client Alert | 7 min read | 06.26.26
Federal Roundup: Updates for PBMs and Medicare Advantage Organizations
Client Alert | 6 min read | 06.11.26
CMS Announces New Medicaid Eligibility Requirements: Implications for Managed Care Plans
Client Alert | 6 min read | 04.29.26
CMS Seeks to Expand Interoperability Requirements to Drug Pre-Authorization (FAQ)
Insights
Fox Rothschild, Husch Blackwell, Ballard Spahr, Crowell & Moring, Fennemore Add Attorneys
|04.05.24
Law Week Colorado
CMS Innovation Center Releases New Strategy In Line With “MAHA” Agenda
|06.18.25
Crowell & Moring's Health Law Blog
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08.15.24
Crowell & Moring's Health Law Blog An Overview of the ACO Primary Care Flex (ACO PC Flex) Model
|05.31.24
Crowell & Moring's Health Law Blog
Stephen's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 09.28.26
CMS Expands ACCESS Model to Cover More Chronic Conditions
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will add four condition tracks to its Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) Model next spring, according to a September 15 announcement, to address gaps in chronic disease management between scheduled provider visits. The 10-year voluntary model officially launched on July 5, 2026. In its initial form, ACCESS targeted four high-prevalence conditions: high blood pressure, diabetes, chronic musculoskeletal pain, and depression. CMS reports that three out of four Medicare beneficiaries qualify for at least one existing ACCESS track. The new and expanded condition tracks are heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), substance use disorders (SUDs), and tobacco cessation. In addition, the existing chronic musculoskeletal pain track, which is currently limited to an initial 12-month period, will be extended for certain specified conditions.
Client Alert | 7 min read | 06.26.26
Federal Roundup: Updates for PBMs and Medicare Advantage Organizations
Client Alert | 6 min read | 06.11.26
CMS Announces New Medicaid Eligibility Requirements: Implications for Managed Care Plans
Client Alert | 6 min read | 04.29.26
CMS Seeks to Expand Interoperability Requirements to Drug Pre-Authorization (FAQ)
