Navigating the CMS TEAM Model: What Orthopedic Leaders Need to Know Now-Meet Your Presenters

Meet Your Presenters

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The AAOE Team Webinar features introductions of key healthcare leaders specializing in orthopedics and value-based care. Breanna Cunningham, Founder and CEO of CODE Technology, transitioned from trauma nursing to develop expertise in patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and registries. Her company supports over 400 hospitals in regulatory compliance and leveraging outcome data for clinical impact. Dr. Paul Bruning serves as Division Administrative Director for Sports Medicine, Hand, and the Sports Sciences Institute at Duke University’s Department of Orthopedics. With 35+ years in orthopedics, he has held leadership roles including AAOE Board member and Advocacy Council Chair. Ed Lee, PT, MBA, CPHQ, is Director of Value-Based Care at Indiana Orthopedic Institute. Previously Executive Director of Healthcare Economics at IU Health Plans, Ed’s passion for value-based care grew through managing orthopedic and sports medicine operations and CMS bundled payment programs. He has developed tools to improve success in CMS/CMMI initiatives. Matt Civili, Executive Director of Signature Medical Group, leads a 70-provider multi-specialty practice with 27 orthopedists. With two decades in healthcare operations, Matt oversees bundled payment and value-based care programs to advance clinical and financial outcomes. Collectively, these leaders bring extensive experience in orthopedics, healthcare operations, patient outcome data, and value-based payment models, all critical to enhancing orthopedic practice management and patient care through data-driven strategies and innovative payment frameworks.

Keywords

AAOE Team Webinar

orthopedics leadership

value-based care

patient-reported outcome measures

PROMs

regulatory compliance

clinical impact

CMS bundled payment programs

healthcare operations

orthopedic practice management