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.