OVBC 2027 | Registration Opens October 1, 2026
Orthopedic value-based care enters the mandatory implementation era
TEAM is active, CJR-X would expand mandatory episode accountability for joint replacement, ASM begins in 2027 for selected specialists managing low back pain, and ACCESS adds a new MSK pathway for chronic pain. OVBC 2027 brings together the leaders responsible for turning policy into execution.
From optional bundles to mandatory accountability
CMS is moving orthopedic value-based care from voluntary experimentation to mandatory accountability. TEAM is active, CJR-X would expand joint replacement episode accountability nationwide, ASM begins in 2027 for selected specialists managing low back pain, and ACCESS introduces an MSK pathway for chronic pain.
TEAM is already live
A mandatory episode model that includes lower extremity joint replacement, hip/femur fracture treatment, spinal fusion, CABG, and major bowel procedures.
CJR-X raises the stakes
A proposed nationwide expansion of joint replacement episode accountability for hip, knee, and ankle replacement in inpatient and outpatient hospital settings.
ASM pulls specialists forward
A mandatory ambulatory specialty model beginning in 2027 for selected specialists managing low back pain and heart failure in outpatient settings.
ACCESS adds chronic MSK accountability
A technology-enabled chronic care model with an MSK track focused on chronic pain and outcome-aligned payment.
A program built for debate, deal-making, and real-world execution
OVBC 2027 goes beyond passive lectures. Attendees will work through live contract simulations, implant and GPO value negotiations, reverse grand rounds, and technology-value trials focused on the operational failures that determine success under episode accountability.
Contract Fishbowl
Payers, providers, hospitals, and legal counsel negotiate the terms that make or break orthopedic value-based care.
Implant and GPO Contracting
Supply chain, GPO, surgeon innovation, and industry work through implant value under episode risk.
When the Bundle Breaks
Faculty solve real-world orthopedic value failures across patient selection, discharge, complications, SNF use, and governance.
Orthopedic Value Trial
Surgeons, GPO, supply chain, and clinical leaders decide whether to use, buy, restrict, or reject a new technology.
Learn from the leaders shaping orthopedic value-based care
Orthopedic chairs, MSK enterprise leaders, payers, hospital executives, ASC leaders, perioperative experts, GPO and supply-chain leaders, and technology-value decision-makers will be in the room.
Kevin J. Bozic, MD
Chair and Professor, Department of Surgery
Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin
Orthopedic Chair / VBC StrategyLeo Spector, MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
OrthoCarolina
Orthopedic Enterprise / CEORichard L. Snyder, MD
EVP and Chief Operating Officer
Independence Blue Cross
Payer / Contracting StrategyAashish Kiran Shah, MD, JD
SVP and Chief Medical Officer
HealthTrust
Supply Chain, GPO & Technology ValueMichael Ast, MD
Chief Medical Innovation Officer
Hospital for Special Surgery
Orthopedic Enterprise / ASC StrategyAlice Issai
President, Southern California Network
Adventist Health
Hospital OperationsJeromie Atkinson
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Intermountain Health
Supply Chain, GPO & Technology ValueRandy Fagin, MD
Senior Vice President, Chief Quality Officer
HCA Healthcare
Hospital Operations & QualityBryan D. Springer, MD
Chair, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Mayo Clinic Florida
Orthopedic Chair / ArthroplastyMaxime P. Cannesson, MD
Chair and Professor of Anesthesiology
UCLA
Anesthesiology / PerioperativeAntonia Chen, MD
Chair and Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
University of Texas Southwestern
Orthopedic ChairAlexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA
President and Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery
Rothman Orthopaedic Institute
Orthopedic Chair / Clinical LeaderBuilt for the people responsible for results
OVBC 2027 is built for the people who must redesign orthopedic care delivery, manage episode risk, reduce variation, evaluate technology, and make value-based care work operationally.
Orthopedic Surgeons
Clinical leaders responsible for appropriateness, implants, pathways, complications, and outcomes.
Hospital Leaders
Executives responsible for service lines, quality, financial performance, and site-of-care strategy.
Anesthesia & Perioperative Teams
Perioperative leaders shaping optimization, access, discharge, pain, and escalation pathways.
ASC Leaders
Ambulatory executives focused on migration, capacity, efficiency, patient selection, and economics.
Industry Partners
Medtech and solutions leaders who need to prove value under episode accountability.
Why OVBC 2027 stands apart
Built for execution
Practical sessions for leaders responsible for pathways, implementation, variation reduction, and contracting.
Designed for the full ecosystem
Orthopedic surgeons, anesthesiologists, hospital leaders, ASC executives, industry, payers, employers, legal advisors, and supply chain are considered together.
Not built around passive lectures
OVBC 2027 uses live simulations, fishbowls, reverse grand rounds, mock value-analysis trials, and structured faculty-attendee interaction.
Small enough for real interaction
The meeting is designed for access, conversation, and serious problem-solving rather than anonymous scale.
Signature formats at OVBC 2027
Stakeholder Debate. Who owns the orthopedic episode?
Surgeons, hospitals, payers, employers, and industry leaders debate the accountability questions that determine whether orthopedic value-based care succeeds.
Reverse Grand Rounds. When the bundle breaks.
Faculty diagnose real-world orthopedic value failures and identify the root cause, first fix, and metric that should be tracked.
Orthopedic Value Trial. Use it, buy it, pay for it, or restrict it?
A structured value trial where clinical, payer, hospital, GPO, and industry perspectives are applied to new technology, implants, drugs, biologics, and care pathways.
Additional OVBC 2027 formats include the Implementation Marketplace and the OVBC 1-1-1 Takeaway: One change. One metric. One owner.
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.
OVBC 2027 is hosted by ACPM
The American College of Perioperative Medicine brings together leaders across perioperative care, value-based performance, and implementation. OVBC 2027 connects orthopedic surgeons, medical executives, payers, health systems, legal advisors, supply chain leaders, and industry.
Registration is open for OVBC 2027
Join orthopedic chairs, MSK enterprise leaders, hospital executives, ASC leaders, payers, perioperative experts, supply-chain leaders, legal advisors, and industry partners for a focused meeting on orthopedic value-based care implementation.
Registration opens October 1, 2026 View AgendaJoin us at Pendry Newport Beach
OVBC 2027 will take place in Newport Beach, California, in a focused setting designed for conversation, networking, and cross-stakeholder implementation planning.
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Limited sponsor and industry partner opportunities remain for OVBC 2027. Sponsors can engage through exhibit visibility, sponsor-supported education, networking, and structured interaction with the leaders shaping orthopedic value-based care implementation.
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