42 U.S.C. § 300gg: Ensuring the quality of care

improve health outcomes through the implementation of activities such as quality reporting, effective case management, care coordination, chronic disease management, and medication and care compliance initiatives, including through the use of the medical homes model as defined for purposes of section 3602 1 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, for treatment or services under the plan or coverage; 1 See References in Text note below. implement activities to prevent hospital readmissions through a comprehensive program for hospital discharge that includes patient-centered education and counseling, comprehensive discharge planning, and post discharge reinforcement by an appropriate health care professional; implement activities to improve patient safety and reduce medical errors through the appropriate use of best clinical practices, evidence based medicine, and health information technology under the plan or coverage; and implement wellness and health promotion activities. A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall annually submit to the Secretary, and to enrollees under the plan or coverage, a report on whether the benefits under the plan or coverage satisfy the elements described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (1). A report under subparagraph (A) shall be made available to an enrollee under the plan or coverage during each open enrollment period. The Secretary shall make reports submitted under subparagraph (A) available to the public through an Internet website. In developing the reporting requirements under paragraph (1), the Secretary may develop and impose appropriate penalties for non-compliance with such requirements. In developing the reporting requirements under paragraph (1), the Secretary may provide for exceptions to such requirements for group health plans and health insurance issuers that substantially meet the goals of this section. Smoking cessation. Weight management. Stress management. Physical fitness. Nutrition. Heart disease prevention. Healthy lifestyle support. Diabetes prevention. the presence or storage of a lawfully-possessed firearm or ammunition in the residence or on the property of an individual; or the lawful use, possession, or storage of a firearm or ammunition by an individual. the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition; the lawful use of a firearm or ammunition; or the lawful storage of a firearm or ammunition. None of the authorities provided to the Secretary under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or an amendment made by that Act shall be construed to authorize or may be used to maintain records of individual ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition. the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition; or the lawful use or storage of a firearm or ammunition. the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition; or the lawful use, possession, or storage of a firearm or ammunition. Not later than 2 years after March 23, 2010 , the Secretary shall promulgate regulations that provide criteria for determining whether a reimbursement structure is described in subsection (a). Not later than 180 days after the date on which regulations are promulgated under subsection (c), 2 the Government Accountability Office shall review such regulations and conduct a study and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report regarding the impact the activities under this section have had on the quality and cost of health care. 2 So in original. Probably should be “subsection (d),”.