The Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) is less than a year away. Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, selected hospitals will be subject to this new Medicare mandatory episodic payment model for specified surgical episodes of care.
On January 30, PYA’s Martie Ross, Kathy Reep, Jason Hardin, Lee Ann Odom, and Angie Caldwell introduced PYA’s TEAM playbook, highlighting what your organization can do now to ensure future success:
- Understand TEAM rules
- Educate leadership, management, and medical staff
- Use currently available data to identify opportunities
- Pursue performance transformation to reduce episodic costs
- Enter into TEAM-compliant collaborator sharing arrangements with physicians and post-acute providers
For providers not directly participating in TEAM, the PYA experts discussed broader market impacts of this new program, including changing referral patterns, patient preferences, and commercial payer opportunities.
This webinar is part of PYA’s twice-monthly Healthcare Regulatory Roundup, a popular series during which PYA experts provide practical insights on the latest industry regulatory developments.
Learn more:
Read about the hospitals selected for mandatory participation in TEAM.
Check out PYA’s resources to win under the TEAM payment model.
If you would like assistance with legislative or regulatory impacts or any matter involving compliance, valuation, or strategy and transactions, our executives are happy to assist.
