{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-512.520","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 512.520","heading":"Participation tracks.","body":"(a) For performance year 1: (1) Any TEAM participant may choose to participate in Track 1 or Track 3.\n(2) The TEAM participant must notify CMS of its track choice, prior to performance year 1, in a form and manner and by a date specified by CMS.\n(3) CMS assigns the TEAM participant to Track 1 for performance year 1 if a TEAM participant does not choose a track in the form and manner and by the date specified by CMS.\n(b) For performance years 2 through 5: (1) CMS assigns a TEAM participant to participate in Track 3 unless the TEAM participant requests to participate in Track 1 or Track 2 and receives approval from CMS to participate in Track 1 or Track 2, with the exception that a TEAM participant cannot request participation in Track 1 for performance years 4 and 5.\n(2) The TEAM participant must notify CMS of its Track 1 or Track 2 request prior to performance year 2, and prior to every performance year thereafter, as applicable, in a form and manner and by a date specified by CMS.\n(3) CMS does not approve a TEAM participant's request to participate in Track 1 submitted in accordance with paragraph (b)(2) of this section unless the TEAM participant is a safety net hospital, as defined in § 512.505, at the time of the request.\n(4) CMS does not approve a TEAM participant's request to participate in Track 2 submitted in accordance with paragraph (b)(2) of this section unless the TEAM participant is one of the following hospital types at the time of the request:\n(i) Medicare-dependent hospital (as defined in § 512.505) and the Medicare Dependent Hospital program, as authorized by statute, is not expired at the time Track 2 selections are due, as described in paragraph (b)(2) of this section.\n(ii) Rural hospital (as defined in § 512.505).\n(iii) Safety Net hospital (as defined in § 512.505).\n(iv) Sole community hospital (as defined in § 512.505).\n(v) Essential access community hospital (as defined in § 512.505).\n(5) A TEAM participant who does not notify CMS of its Track 1 or Track 2 request prior to a given performance year in the form and manner and by the date specified by CMS or who is not a safety net hospital, as defined as defined in § 512.505, or one of the hospital types specified in paragraph (b)(4) of this section at the time of the request is assigned to Track 3 for the applicable performance year.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE \u0026 MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER H—HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MODEL PROGRAMS","PART 512—STANDARD PROVISIONS FOR MANDATORY INNOVATION CENTER MODELS AND SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN MODELS","Subpart E—Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM)"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"59aa0d41888594f97f9c6c89001cb5d2fca3e7a71d81ae2f852d4cd0c98f896b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-512.515","next":"us/42-cfr-512.522"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}