Three months into CMS TEAM, 741 hospitals face patient attribution gaps, fuzzy PCP referral mandates, and rural care coordination failures. These implementation pain points reveal exactly where post-surgical monitoring platforms fit.
New data from AAOS 2026 validates remote therapeutic monitoring after TKA in geriatric populations: no increase in complications, lower costs, and successful deployment at scale. Here's what it means for orthopedic practice.
January 2026: CMS launched TEAM — the first mandatory bundled payment model covering joint replacement, spinal fusion, and CABG at 741 hospitals. PROM collection is required, 30-day episodes are tracked, and there's zero infrastructure funding. Here's what orthopedic practices need to do now.
Over 60% of total knee replacements in the US are now same-day discharge — up to 80-99% at select ASCs. CMS is phasing out the inpatient-only list by 2029. Danish fast-track centers hit 94%. Hospital stays dropped from 5 days to near zero — but who fills the 90-day monitoring gap?
