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Sec. 102. Health homes and medical homes.
Sec. 103. Flexibility in accountable care organizations coverage of telehealth.
Sec. 104. Recognizing telehealth services and remote patient monitoring in na-
tional pilot program on payment bundling.
Sec. 105. Additional sites to be considered originating sites for purposes of pay-
ments for telehealth services under Medicare.

TITLE II—ENHANCING MEDICAID THROUGH TELEHEALTH
Sec. 201. Medicaid option for high-risk pregnancies and births.

TITLE III—IMPROVING TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOR MEDICAL
DELIVERY

Sec. 301. Additional providers considered health care providers for purposes of
universal service support.
Sec. 302. No consideration of provider location in rules enhancing health care
provider access to advanced telecommunications and informa-
tion services.

1 TITLE I—STRENGTHENING

2 MEDICARE THROUGH TELE-

3 HEALTH

4 SEC. 101. POSITIVE INCENTIVE FOR MEDICARE’S HOSPITAL

5 READMISSIONS REDUCTION PROGRAM.

6 Section 1886(q) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

7 1395ww(q)) is amended by adding at the end the following

8 new paragraph:

9 ‘‘(9) POSITIVE INCENTIVE FOR REDUCED RE-

10 ADMISSIONS.—

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to pay-

12 ment for discharges occurring during a fiscal

13 year beginning on or after October 1, 2014, in

14 order to provide a positive incentive for hos-

15 pitals described in subparagraph (B) to lower

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their excess readmission ratios, the Secretary
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shall make an additional payment to a hospital

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