Comment on CMS-2026-1256-0002

Summary: Action for Health, a national nonprofit organization, supports the proposed rule and specifically advocates for allowing physician-owned hospitals (POHs) to voluntarily opt-in to the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM). The organization argues that POHs can improve patient outcomes and lower costs through better care coordination and competition, and they oppose limiting this opt-in only to grandfathered facilities.