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Medicare Inpatient Rule: Mandatory Bundled Payment Model – Participant Information

Program originally recorded May 1, 2024.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), which will hold selected hospitals accountable for the cost and quality of certain high-volume surgical procedures. TEAM aims to improve Medicare patient outcomes while reducing Medicare spending. 

This proposed model focuses Medicare bundled payments on the following five high-volume procedures:

  • Lower extremity joint replacement
  • Surgical repair of a fracture
  • Major bowel procedure
  • Spinal fusion
  • Coronary artery bypass graph

The mandatory model is proposed to start in 2026. CHA is hosting a webinar featuring experts who will explain the model, provide best practice advice, and answer questions.

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