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AI Summary â Last 30 Days
Over the past 30 days, CMS has rapidly advanced the structural transformation of Medicare payment with the rollout of the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), signaling a return to mandatory, episode-based bundled payments and a decisive push away from fee-for-service models. This shift raises urgent challenges and opportunities for health systems, ACOs, and payers, including the need to address workforce readiness, manage downside risk, and adapt to a new regime of quality-linked paymentâparticularly as TEAM applies substantial discounts (2% for LEJR, SHFFT, and spinal fusion; 1.5% for CABG and major bowel), tied to a composite quality score that will drive hospital financial performance and staffing realignment. As the model accelerates, structural tensions have emerged for hospitals that may be unprepared for mandated participation and increased accountability, fueling a competitive repositioning among those seeking to integrate care teams, optimize staffing flexibility, and scale population health infrastructure under the evolving VBC landscape (racmonitor/MedLearn; [Forvis Mazars: Downside Risk Prep](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQZHRTWE5QdXFhZ0JPTkhTbHNJRHN5cEtYSDRBdW4zRDN3V3NhMTcwVFB2Z056Q
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