Surgery will be a financial winner or loser under TEAM (Transforming Episode Accountability Model), a mandatory episodic payment model beginning in January 2026. Let’s be clear: TEAM requires a tectonic plate shift in managing cost and outcomes of surgical procedures for five types of procedures. To be on the winning side of this model, your […]
Let’s Put an End to What Blocks Providers and Patients from Controlling Health Care Costs
We often blame providers for not controlling health care costs. We also put the onus on patients who overuse care inappropriately and make bad choices. But the fact is that control of health care costs is extremely complicated, and we have effectively blocked both providers and patients from controlling health care costs. Since the birth […]