I sent this message to PPSimmons Ministry:In the midst all of the "legaleze" in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare", we find a section called Sec. 2703\1945 SSA. This section reads:
MONITORING.—A State shall include in the State plan
amendment—
‘‘(1) a methodology for tracking avoidable hospital readmissions
and calculating savings that result from improved chronic
care coordination and management under this section; and
‘‘(2) a proposal for use of health information technology in
providing health home services under this section and improving
service delivery and coordination across the care continuum
(including the use of wireless patient technology to improve
coordination and management of care and patient adherence
to recommendations made by their provider).
This link contains the reply:
http://ppsimmons.blogspot.com/2012/07/marl-of-beast-watch-obamacare-to-track.html