CMS finalized the episode-based payment model Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM). TEAM will be a five-year, mandatory episode-based payment model that will start in January 2026.

What Does TEAM Mean to Home Care Providers?

The TEAM model’s five surgical procedures include:

  • lower extremity joint replacement,
  • surgical hip femur fracture treatment,
  • spinal fusion,
  • coronary artery bypass graft, and
  • major bowel procedure.

These five procedures are a bundle. In other words, participation includes all surgical procedures.

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