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This article was originally featured in Fierce Healthcare. Starting January 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will launch the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) – a mandatory five-year initiative designed to improve surgical episode outcomes and lower Medicare spending. For hospitals selected to participate, TEAM introduces a new level of accountability: financial responsibility for the entire recovery episode, not just the surgery. This includes post-acute care (PAC) – where clinical and financial risks are often highest. To succeed, hospitals will need real-time visibility into post-discharge care to enhance coordination, improve outcomes, and manage costs effectively. TEAM’s impact on hospitals and post-acute...read more

This article was originally featured in Modern Healthcare. Technology companies and post-acute providers say new artificial intelligence tools could be secret weapons for those in the Transforming Episode Accountability Model to keep patients from bouncing back to the hospital. Some tools flag at-risk patients, while others consolidate and streamline information on patients moving from acute care to post-acute care in TEAM. Software companies and post-acute providers offering the technology say AI could give health systems, nursing homes and home health companies an edge in securing collaborators for TEAM. But the model launches in January and some tools are just hitting the market, making...read more

This article was originally featured in Healthcare IT Today. Hospitals are about to take on greater responsibility for patient outcomes—extending well beyond discharge. Beginning January 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), requiring hospitals to manage care for Medicare patients undergoing the following surgeries: lower extremity joint replacement, surgical hip femur fracture treatment, spinal fusion, coronary artery bypass graft, and major bowel procedures. Each care episode concludes 30 days after the patient is discharged from the hospital. This shift significantly raises the stakes for acute care providers. Avoidable readmissions...read more

Top industry experts share proven methods to help SNFs strengthen documentation accuracy, optimize reimbursement, and drive better care outcomes   Baltimore, MD, October 20, 2025 – Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the industry-leading, KLAS Rated, and HITRUST Certified post-acute analytics solution, announced today its participation in the AHCA/NCAL Convention & Expo, Delivering Solutions 25, taking place October 19-22, 2025, in Las Vegas, NV. As long-term and post-acute professionals gather to explore innovative approaches to care delivery, Real Time will demonstrate how its AI-driven, Interventional Analytics solution uses live clinical data to deliver meaningful insights—supporting value-based success while reducing administrative and regulatory...read more

New AI driven solution enables real-time collaboration between hospitals and post-acute partners to reduce readmissions, manage length of stay, and streamline care transitions   Baltimore, MD, September 30, 2025 – Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the industry-leading, KLAS Rated, and HITRUST Certified interventional analytics solution, announces the launch of TEAM Insights, an innovative AI driven tool designed to help hospitals succeed under CMS’s latest value-based care initiative—TEAM (Transforming Episode Accountability Model). TEAM Insights delivers real-time visibility into patient care within the post-acute setting, strengthening coordination with post-acute partners to support integrated services throughout surgical episodes, facilitate smooth transitions, and improve recovery...read more

Originally published by TIME on September 18, 2025. While technology has always played a role in diagnosing and treating disease, the health care industry as a whole has been slower to adopt innovative digital platforms for analyzing data to change how care is delivered. To determine the world’s top health tech companies in 2025, TIME partnered with Statista to conduct a global analysis of companies delivering the most impactful technologies to improve health. The companies were ranked on three metrics—financial performance, reputation analysis, and online engagement—and classified into categories depending on the service they provide. Companies focusing on AI &...read more