The Ambulatory Specialty Model—Imitation or Innovation?

This Viewpoint describes the value-based Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM) recently announced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; summarizes ways in which the ASM addresses structural shortcomings of previous value-based models; and highlights several potential challenges to its success in achieving reform.

Corresponding Author: Andrew Oseran, MD, MBA, MSc, Section of Health Policy, Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 375 Longwood Ave, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02215 (aoseran@bidmc.harvard.edu).

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