Can Payment Reform Transform Heart Failure Care?
This Viewpoint discusses how the Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM) recently announced by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation might address gaps in implementation of heart failure care, describes 4 categories of performance assessment under the ASM, and suggests several ASM features that could limit its ability to address implementation gaps.
Authors
- Karen E. Joynt Maddox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3779-8653)
- Tara C. Lagu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6155-5796)
- Sarah E. Chuzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5348-2742)
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- MaineHealth (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA
- Published
- 2026-11-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2026.19267
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00