CMS Ambulatory Specialty Model 101: Mandatory Risk, Clinical Change, and Big Tech Upside

A Potential Windfall for AI Care Coordination Tech, VBC actuaries, and Wellness Companies. A forced fundamental shift in specialist behavior

What is the Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM)?

Although uncertainty was the the health policy theme of 2025, there has been one message from CMS that has persisted across administrations—value based care is not going away. The Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM) is a newly proposed Medicare payment model that represents CMS’s most ambitious attempt yet to ma…