Winning in TEAM: A Practical Checklist for Cost and Quality Control

Be ready for TEAM without learning the hard way.

TEAM (The Transforming Episode Accountability Model) makes hospitals accountable for cost and quality across surgical episodes, including the critical 30 days post-discharge. Success hinges on how well you manage post-acute care, especially SNF length of stay, readmissions, and ED returns.

This checklist provides a clear, phased roadmap to help hospitals operationalize TEAM readiness and control post-acute performance.

You’ll learn how to:

• Gain real-time visibility into active SNF stays, LOS, and risk
• Equip teams with actionable clinical insight to prevent avoidable utilization
• Manage a preferred post-acute network using shared metrics and scorecards
• Operationalize ED-to-SNF workflows that safely avoid unnecessary admits