A TEAM Checklist for Cost and Quality Control
- PointClickCare
- 5 days ago
- 1 min read
The Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) holds selected hospitals accountable for the total cost and quality of surgical episodes beginning in 2026. This includes the 30 days following discharge, making post-acute management the decisive lever for financial and quality performance.
This checklist distills what it takes for selected hospitals and their partners to succeed: real-time visibility into active SNF stays, actionable clinical context for proactive outreach, network scorecards to steer placement, and ED SNF-transfer
workflows that safely avoid unnecessary admits. Because post-acute spending can reach up to 53% of total episode costs (source: ATI Advisory), the biggest wins come from preventing readmissions, controlling length of stay, and closing
48-hour post-discharge follow-up loops with partners.
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