Is Keck Medicine’s chief post-acute officer the 1st of his kind?

In September, CMS selected 741 hospitals to participate in a new reimbursement framework, the Transforming Episode Accountability Model. Under TEAM, participating hospitals are responsible for the cost and quality of care associated with five surgical procedures — lower extremity joint replacement, hip femur fracture treatment, spinal fusion, coronary artery bypass graft and major bowel procedures — for 30 days after patient discharge. CMS said it aims to “motivate health care providers to better coordinate care and improve the quality of care” with a payment structure that replaces the fee-for-service model.

As health systems prepare for the TEAM’s implementation in 2026, one industry leader whom they might want to call is Felipe Osorno, chief post-acute care officer at Los Angeles-based