Members Access the Recording and Slides. If your organization has physicians participating in the Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM), the CCA is not optional. It is one of two required Improvement Activities under the ASM, and every eligible participant, whether a cardiologist treating heart failure patients or an orthopedic surgeon managing low back pain must complete it. You don't have to figure this out alone. This is exactly why APM Connect exists. We hosted a live webinar

CMS is changing how certain cardiologists, orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, pain management specialists, anesthesiologists and physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians treating Medicare patients with heart failure and low back pain are paid, and it comes with downside risk.

12.04.25 | Presented by: David Pittman, Founder Pittman Policy Strategies and Sarah Habeeb Director, Government Programs, Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance​​​ CMS finalized a new mandatory value-based payment model requiring downside risk for physicians treating heart failure and low back pain. With the Ambulatory Specialty Model starting in January 2027, join David Pittman and Sarah Habeeb to discuss what this means for physician practices, hospitals, and ACOs, where CMS