Becker's Healthcare May 22, 2025
Using precision digital engagement to educate, support patients prior to care, sets the stage for optimal TEAM performance
For a variety of reasons, people with Medicare undergoing surgery may not be well-prepared for their procedure or care for themselves properly post-surgery. When this happens, it can lead to complications, longer recovery times and other issues that ultimately lead to patients returning to the hospital or ED. This results in poorer outcomes and higher overall costs.
As CMS continues to push for improvements in quality and cost, it will roll out a new value-based care model, the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) on January 1, 2026. TEAM is a mandatory, bundled payment model designed to improve care coordination, reduce fragmentation, enhance...







