The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ new Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) represents the most significant mandatory bundled payment program, affecting nearly 750 hospitals ...

Over the past several years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has reevaluated its approach to value-based payment models. Recent emphasis has been to expand population-based models ...

CMS proposes mandatory hospital bundled model for joint replacements to control Medicare costs and quality from surgery through 90-day recovery.

Back and nexk procedures could be wrapped into the mandatory TEAM bundled payment model if CMS expands it. (Photo: Martin Barraud/Getty Images) Medical conditions and surgical episodes requiring ...