Building Your Dream TEAM: How to Win at Episode Payment Models
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…
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