CMS releases participant list for mandatory Transforming Episode Accountability Model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 5 published a list of participants for the Transforming Episode Accountability Model. TEAM is a mandatory payment model that will bundle payment to acute care hospitals for five types of surgical episodes. The AHA June 10 urged CMS to make the model voluntary, however the mandatory model was finalized in the CY 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule.
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