At the median TEAM hospital, the hip or femur fracture stay uses 38% of the 2026 target price, according to Kent Applied's analysis of CMS files.
38%
of the 2026 target used by the stay
At the median TEAM hospital, the hip or femur fracture stay uses 38% of the 2026 target price, according to Kent Applied's analysis of CMS files.
For coronary bypass the stay uses 70%. The rest of each target is left for doctors and the 30 days after discharge.
Sources: TEAM position report: where each hospital stands in CMS's TEAM model (opens in a new tab), Fig. 1 table, Hip or femur fracture, 447 hospitals; CMS, TEAM model page (opens in a new tab), Model overview: what target prices cover and when an episode ends. Verified October 2026.
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At the median TEAM hospital, the hospital stay uses 38% to 70% of the target, by surgery
Kent Applied, TEAM position report and method; CMS, TEAM PY1 preliminary target prices; CMS, Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service, 2024; CMS, TEAM episode construction specifications; CMS, payment standardization method; CMS, TEAM model page - From research
In 4 of 1,539 TEAM hospital and surgery pairs, the stay alone costs more than the target
Kent Applied, TEAM position report and method; CMS, TEAM PY1 preliminary target prices; CMS, Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service, 2024; CMS, TEAM episode construction specifications; CMS, payment standardization method - From the blog
A TEAM hospital in Track 3 can owe CMS up to 20% of its total target price in a year
CMS, TEAM Model Overview slides (updated September 2026); 42 CFR 512.550, TEAM reconciliation (eCFR) - From the blog
Length of stay rose most for patients going to psychiatric hospitals or skilled nursing
American Hospital Association, Increasing Delays in Timely Discharges issue brief (December 2022)
Sources for the figures above: 42 CFR 512.550, Reconciliation process and determination of the reconciliation payment or repayment amount (opens in a new tab); American Hospital Association, Increasing Delays in Timely Discharges issue brief (December 2022) (opens in a new tab).
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4 of 1,539
hospital and surgery pairs where the stay alone exceeds the target
In 4 of 1,539 TEAM hospital and surgery pairs, the hospital stay alone costs more than the 2026 target price, according to Kent Applied's analysis of CMS files.
Source: TEAM position report: where each hospital stands in CMS's TEAM model.
KentApplied31
baseline episodes: TEAM's low-volume threshold
CMS holds a TEAM hospital to account for spending over target in a surgery only if it had at least 31 episodes in the three-year baseline.
Source: TEAM Model Overview slides (updated September 2026).
KentApplied716
hospitals in TEAM, on CMS's model page
CMS lists 716 hospitals as participants in TEAM, Medicare's mandatory episode payment model for five surgeries.
Source: Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) model page.
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Sources for the figures above: CMS, TEAM Model Overview slides (updated September 2026) (opens in a new tab); Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) model page (opens in a new tab).
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