Orthopedic Value Based Care Join Us at Orthopedics Most Important Event American College of Perioperative Medicine

The Orthopedic Value-Based Care (OVBC) conference, now in its 9th year, has clearly evolved into a central gathering for stakeholders across the orthopedic ecosystem. With its mission to bring together orthopedic surgeons, anesthesiologists, healthcare executives, nurses, medical device representatives, physical therapists, pharmaceutical leaders, payers, and consultants, the focus remains on fostering collaboration around value-based care and innovation in musculoskeletal (MSK) health.

This year holds particular significance due to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) upcoming 2026 mandatory bundle. This bundle encompasses lower joint surgery, hip fractures, spinal fusion, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), and colorectal procedures. As such, the event will be structured around preparing practices for this regulatory shift.

The conference’s approach this year is highly pragmatic, aiming to provide participants with actionable tools rather than just academic knowledge. Notably, Thursday's schedule includes two critical boot camps. The first will address the TEAM (Total Episode of Advanced Management) bundle, where representatives from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) will answer questions. The second will focus on perioperative care in 2025 and provide insights on managing care within the TEAM framework.

By emphasizing a "take action" mindset, OVBC is positioning itself as a practical, solutions-focused event that equips attendees with the necessary steps to align their practices with the evolving healthcare landscape. This hands-on approach will likely be invaluable for professionals seeking to implement concrete strategies in preparation for the CMS changes and the broader shift toward value-based care in orthopedics.

- Zeev N. Kain, MD, MBA and the OVBC 2025 Planning Committee

 
 
Orthopedic Value Based Care
Join Us at Orthopedics Most Important Event
American College of Perioperative Medicine

The Orthopedic Value-Based Care (OVBC) conference, now in its 9th year, has clearly evolved into a central gathering for stakeholders across the orthopedic ecosystem. With its mission to bring together orthopedic surgeons, anesthesiologists, healthcare executives, nurses, medical device representatives, physical therapists, pharmaceutical leaders, payers, and consultants, the focus remains on fostering collaboration around value-based care and innovation in musculoskeletal (MSK) health.

This year holds particular significance due to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) upcoming 2026 mandatory bundle. This bundle encompasses lower joint surgery, hip fractures, spinal fusion, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), and colorectal procedures. As such, the event will be structured around preparing practices for this regulatory shift.

The conference’s approach this year is highly pragmatic, aiming to provide participants with actionable tools rather than just academic knowledge. Notably, Thursday's schedule includes two critical boot camps. The first will address the TEAM (Total Episode of Advanced Management) bundle, where representatives from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) will answer questions. The second will focus on perioperative care in 2025 and provide insights on managing care within the TEAM framework.

By emphasizing a "take action" mindset, OVBC is positioning itself as a practical, solutions-focused event that equips attendees with the necessary steps to align their practices with the evolving healthcare landscape. This hands-on approach will likely be invaluable for professionals seeking to implement concrete strategies in preparation for the CMS changes and the broader shift toward value-based care in orthopedics.

- Zeev N. Kain, MD, MBA and the OVBC 2025 Planning Committee

 
 
 
What's new in 2025
 
 
  Networking   Sessions   Sponsors   Sponsors  
 

The Basics of Bundles and Value Based Payment

 

CMS TEAM Bootcamp with CMMI

 

Perioperative Boot Camp

 

On Demand Videos

 
 

Due to popular demand, we will hold a Basics of MSK VBC Boot Camp on Thursday, followed by an advanced MSK VBC models track on Saturday. We strongly encourage participants without a solid background in MSK VBC to attend Thursday’s basic workshop first.

 

We are planning to hold several symposia focused on the nuts and bolts of two CMS programs! The program is designed for both clinicians and administrators. If your hospital is part of the CMS TEAM program, it’s essential that you participate and be part of the solution.

 

Back by popular demand! Join us for a full day of programming dedicated to enhancing your surgical environment. This session will cover the operational, clinical, and financial aspects of programs such as Enhanced Surgical Recovery (ESR) and the Perioperative Surgical Home.

 

Included with your 2025 registration are video courses from previous OVBC annual meetings. This is a significant bonus, as our on-demand library features over 75 lectures. It’s a great opportunity for learners to access essential knowledge in today’s fast-paced healthcare environment.

ON DEMAND

 
 
 
 
 
What's new in 2025
 
 

The Basics of Bundles and Value Based Payment

Due to popular demand, we will hold a Basics of MSK VBC Boot Camp on Thursday, followed by an advanced MSK VBC models track on Saturday. We strongly encourage participants without a solid background in MSK VBC to attend Thursday’s basic workshop first.

CMS TEAM Bootcamp with CMMI

We are planning to hold several symposia focused on the nuts and bolts of two CMS programs! The program is designed for both clinicians and administrators. If your hospital is part of the CMS TEAM program, it’s essential that you participate and be part of the solution.

Perioperative Boot Camp

Back by popular demand! Join us for a full day of programming dedicated to enhancing your surgical environment. This session will cover the operational, clinical, and financial aspects of programs such as Enhanced Surgical Recovery (ESR) and the Perioperative Surgical Home.

On Demand Videos

Included with your 2025 registration are video courses from previous OVBC annual meetings. This is a significant bonus, as our on-demand library features over 75 lectures. It’s a great opportunity for learners to access essential knowledge in today’s fast-paced healthcare environment.

ON DEMAND

 
 
  • 2026 Orthopedics service line outlook
  • Mandatory CMS Inpatient THA/TKA PRO-PM
  • The effect of VBC and bundles on implant prices
  • Update on Private Equity
  • Value Based Enterprise (VBE)
  • Advanced Value based care workshop
  • The future of Orthopedics in ASCs and beyond
  • Improving US orthopedic care via patient-centric pathways
  • VBC and medical devices
  • Site-of-care shifts/ The next savings opportunity for health plans?
  • Understand nuts and bolts: value based care, value based purchasing
  • AI in the MSK Space
  • How will your clinical, operational and financial aspects of your practice change?
  • Pain management in the MSK space
  • The new reality for MSK device and pharma companies
  • Perioperative Medicine for the MSK space
  • Fundamentals of Value based Care workshop (pre-conference)
  • Value based care contracting
  • Primer on Direct Employer contracts
  • VBC and Pharma
  • Enhanced Recovery & Perioperative Surgical Home
  • How vendors/pharma/device companies should prepare as we move away from FFS?
  • More about collecting and using PROMs
 
  • AND MORE!
 
 
  • 2026 Orthopedics service line outlook
  • How will your clinical, operational and financial aspects of your practice change?
  • Mandatory CMS Inpatient THA/TKA PRO-PM
  • Pain management in the MSK space
  • The effect of VBC and bundles on implant prices
  • The new reality for MSK device and pharma companies
  • Update on Private Equity
  • Perioperative Medicine for the MSK space
  • Value Based Enterprise (VBE)
  • Fundamentals of Value based Care workshop (pre-conference)
  • Advanced Value based care workshop
  • Value based care contracting
  • The future of Orthopedics in ASCs and beyond
  • Primer on Direct Employer contracts
  • Improving US orthopedic care via patient-centric pathways
  • VBC and Pharma
  • VBC and medical devices
  • Enhanced Recovery & Perioperative Surgical Home
  • Site-of-care shifts/ The next savings opportunity for health plans?
  • How vendors/pharma/device companies should prepare as we move away from FFS?
  • Understand nuts and bolts: value based care, value based purchasing
  • More about collecting and using PROMs
  • AI in the MSK Space
 
• AND MORE!
 

SPEAKERS

Alexander Vaccaro

Alexander Vaccaro

President
Rothman Orthopaedic Institute
Richard H. Rothman
Professor & Chairman
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

David S. Jevsevar

David S. Jevsevar

Chief Executive Officer, OrthoVirginia
Past Chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Dartmouth Hitchcook
Medical Center

Randy Fagin

Randy Fagin

Chief Medical Officer (CMO),
National Group
HCA Healthcare

Zeev N. Kain

Zeev N. Kain

Conference Activity Chair
Chancellor Professor, UC Irvine Health
President, ACPM

Ranjan Gupta

Ranjan Gupta

Conference Associate Activity Chair
The Anne L. & Michael H. McGuire Endowed Professor
Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery
Creighton University
School of Medicine
Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery at CommonSpirit: Omaha, NE

Vinod Dasa

Vinod Dasa

Vice Chair, Academic Affairs
Department of Orthopedics
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans

Kevin J. Bozic

Kevin J. Bozic

President, AAOS
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care
Dell Medical School

Tara McCoy

Tara McCoy

Chief Executive Officer
Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Florida

David S. Jevsevar

David S. Jevsevar

Chief Executive Officer, OrthoVirginia
Past Chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Dartmouth Hitchcook
Medical Center

Troy Simonson

Troy Simonson

Chief Executive Officer
Proliance Surgeons

Maxime P. Cannesson

Maxime P. Cannesson

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine &
David Geffen School of Medicine
UC Los Angeles

Jonathan Slonin

Jonathan Slonin

Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
Pacira BioSciences

Wael K. Barsoum

Wael K. Barsoum

President HOPCo (former CEO, Cleveland Clinic Florida)
President and Chief Transformation Officer
Healthcare Outcomes Performance Co. (HOPCo)

Thomas Vetter

Thomas Vetter

Chief of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
Director of Perioperative Care
Dell School of Medicine
The University of Texas at Austin

Bryan D. Springer

Bryan D. Springer

Chair
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Mayo Clinic Florida

Frank D. Lee

Frank D. Lee

CEO and Board Director
Pacira Biosciences

Scott Sigman

Scott Sigman

CMO/Founder OrthoLazer Orthopedic Laser Centers
National Leader in Opioid
Sparing Orthopedic Surgery
Orthopedic Surgical Associates

Sacha Wolf

Sacha Wolf

Lead, Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM)
CMS Innovation Center (CMMI)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Casey Leavitt

Casey Leavitt

Executive Director of the Musculoskeletal Clinical Program
Intermountain Health

Darrel S. Brodke

Darrel S. Brodke

Chair, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Utah
CEO, University Orthopaedic Center and Orthopaedic MSK Services, Utah Health

Aaron Chamberlain

Aaron Chamberlain

Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon
Senior Medical Director (System)
Musculoskeletal Clinical Program
Intermountain Health

Ed White

Ed White

Co-chair
Nelson Mullins' Value Based Care Group practices

Paul Bruning

Paul Bruning

Director of Neuromusculoskeletal Service Line
Sutter Health

Ramin Davidoff

Ramin Davidoff

Executive Medical Director and Board Chair for the Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Co-CEO of The Permanente Federation
Board Chair and CEO of Hawaii Permanente and The Southeast Permanente Medical Groups

Rodney A. Gabriel

Rodney A. Gabriel

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of California, San Diego
Vice Chair of Perioperative Informatics

Allen Passerallo

Allen Passerallo

Vice President of Category Management of Orthopedics at Vizient’s Spend Management solution

Richard C. “Chad” Mather III

Richard C. “Chad” Mather III

Chief Medical Officer
Optum Specialty Care

Andre Blom

Andre Blom

Chief Executive Officer for the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute LLC

Elan Esakoff

Elan Esakoff

Sr. Consulting Director
Vizient, Inc

Wendy Rossi

Wendy Rossi

Vice president of Strategic Collaborative
Premier

R. Lor Randall

R. Lor Randall

Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of California, Davis

Eric Makhni

Eric Makhni

Senior Clinical Advisor, Center for Patient Reported Outcome Measures
Clinical Associate Professor, Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

Derek Haas

Derek Haas

Chief Executive Officer
Avant-garde Health

Eric McCarty

Eric McCarty

Professor & Chief of Sports Medicine & Shoulder Surgery
Department of Orthopedics
President-Elect, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

Neeju Ravikant

Neeju Ravikant

Director
Presurgical Optimization and
Pre-Anesthesia Testing, Anesthesiology
Henry Ford Health

Kelton Burbank

Kelton Burbank

Orthopedic Surgeon
Reliant Medical Group

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SPEAKERS

Alexander Vaccaro

Alexander Vaccaro

President
Rothman Orthopaedic Institute
Richard H. Rothman
Professor & Chairman
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

David S. Jevsevar

David S. Jevsevar

Chief Executive Officer, OrthoVirginia
Past Chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Dartmouth Hitchcook
Medical Center

Randy Fagin

Randy Fagin

Chief Medical Officer (CMO),
National Group
HCA Healthcare

Zeev N. Kain

Zeev N. Kain

Conference Activity Chair
Chancellor Professor, UC Irvine Health
President, ACPM

Ranjan Gupta

Ranjan Gupta

Conference Associate Activity Chair
The Anne L. & Michael H. McGuire Endowed Professor
Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery
Creighton University
School of Medicine
Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery at CommonSpirit: Omaha, NE

Vinod Dasa

Vinod Dasa

Vice Chair, Academic Affairs
Department of Orthopedics
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans

Kevin J. Bozic

Kevin J. Bozic

President, AAOS
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care
Dell Medical School

Tara McCoy

Tara McCoy

Chief Executive Officer
Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Florida

David S. Jevsevar

David S. Jevsevar

Chief Executive Officer, OrthoVirginia
Past Chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Dartmouth Hitchcook
Medical Center

Troy Simonson

Troy Simonson

Chief Executive Officer
Proliance Surgeons

Maxime P. Cannesson

Maxime P. Cannesson

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine &
David Geffen School of Medicine
UC Los Angeles

Jonathan Slonin

Jonathan Slonin

Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
Pacira BioSciences

Wael K. Barsoum

Wael K. Barsoum

President HOPCo (former CEO, Cleveland Clinic Florida)
President and Chief Transformation Officer
Healthcare Outcomes Performance Co. (HOPCo)

Thomas Vetter

Thomas Vetter

Chief of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
Director of Perioperative Care
Dell School of Medicine
The University of Texas at Austin

Bryan D. Springer

Bryan D. Springer

Chair
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Mayo Clinic Florida

Frank D. Lee

Frank D. Lee

CEO and Board Director
Pacira Biosciences

Scott Sigman

Scott Sigman

CMO/Founder OrthoLazer Orthopedic Laser Centers
National Leader in Opioid
Sparing Orthopedic Surgery
Orthopedic Surgical Associates

Sacha Wolf

Sacha Wolf

Lead, Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM)
CMS Innovation Center (CMMI)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Casey Leavitt

Casey Leavitt

Executive Director of the Musculoskeletal Clinical Program
Intermountain Health

Darrel S. Brodke

Darrel S. Brodke

Chair, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Utah
CEO, University Orthopaedic Center and Orthopaedic MSK Services, Utah Health

Aaron Chamberlain

Aaron Chamberlain

Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon
Senior Medical Director (System)
Musculoskeletal Clinical Program
Intermountain Health

Ed White

Ed White

Co-chair
Nelson Mullins' Value Based Care Group practices

Paul Bruning

Paul Bruning

Director of Neuromusculoskeletal Service Line
Sutter Health

Ramin Davidoff

Ramin Davidoff

Executive Medical Director and Board Chair for the Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Co-CEO of The Permanente Federation
Board Chair and CEO of Hawaii Permanente and The Southeast Permanente Medical Groups

Rodney A. Gabriel

Rodney A. Gabriel

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of California, San Diego
Vice Chair of Perioperative Informatics

Allen Passerallo

Allen Passerallo

Vice President of Category Management of Orthopedics at Vizient’s Spend Management solution

Richard C. “Chad” Mather III

Richard C. “Chad” Mather III

Chief Medical Officer
Optum Specialty Care

Andre Blom

Andre Blom

Chief Executive Officer for the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute LLC

Elan Esakoff

Elan Esakoff

Sr. Consulting Director
Vizient, Inc

Wendy Rossi

Wendy Rossi

Vice president of Strategic Collaborative
Premier

R. Lor Randall

R. Lor Randall

Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of California, Davis

Eric Makhni

Eric Makhni

Senior Clinical Advisor, Center for Patient Reported Outcome Measures
Clinical Associate Professor, Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

Derek Haas

Derek Haas

Chief Executive Officer
Avant-garde Health

Eric McCarty

Eric McCarty

Professor & Chief of Sports Medicine & Shoulder Surgery
Department of Orthopedics
President-Elect, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

Neeju Ravikant

Neeju Ravikant

Director
Presurgical Optimization and
Pre-Anesthesia Testing, Anesthesiology
Henry Ford Health

Kelton Burbank

Kelton Burbank

Orthopedic Surgeon
Reliant Medical Group

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OVBC 2024 Sponsors

 

Pacira
National Medical Billing
Surgical Directions
The Ortho Implant Company
HOPCo
Spinezone
MEND
Enovis
AHI
Emovi

 

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OVBC 2024 Sponsors

Pacira
National Medical Billing
Surgical Directions
The Ortho Implant Company
HOPCo
SpineZone
MEND
Enovis
AHI
Emovi
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CREDIT DESIGNATION

 

Duke University Health System Clinical Education and Professional Development as a jointly accredited activity with 20 credits for nurses, physicians, and pharmacists.  Additionally, since we are committed to help expand the field of patient experience and provide information to the impact of patient experience in healthcare, we are happy to announce that we will be offering 20 Patient Experience Continuing Education Credits (PXEs). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 
DukeHealth Joint Accreditation
 
 
CREDIT DESIGNATION
DukeHealth
 
Joint Accreditation
 

Duke University Health System Clinical Education and Professional Development as a jointly accredited activity with 20 credits for nurses, physicians, and pharmacists.  Additionally, since we are committed to help expand the field of patient experience and provide information to the impact of patient experience in healthcare, we are happy to announce that we will be offering 20 Patient Experience Continuing Education Credits (PXEs). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.