; table of contents. Title I—Strengthening Medicare through telehealth Sec. 101. Positive incentive for Medicare’s hospital readmissions reduction program. 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 national pilot program on payment bundling. Sec. 105. Additional sites to be considered originating sites for purposes of payments 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 information services. I Strengthening Medicare through telehealth 101. Positive incentive for Medicare’s hospital readmissions reduction program Section 1886(q) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(q) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (9) Positive incentive for reduced readmissions (A) In general With respect to payment for discharges occurring during a fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 2017, in order to provide a positive incentive for hospitals described in subparagraph (B) to lower their excess readmission ratios, the Secretary shall make an additional payment to a hospital in such proportion as provides for a sharing of the savings from such better-than-expected performance between the hospital and the program under this title. (B) Hospital described A hospital described in this subparagraph is an applicable hospital (as defined in paragraph (5)(C)) not subject to a payment change under paragraph (1) and for which the positive readmission ratio (described in subparagraph (C)) is greater than 1. (C) Positive readmission ratio The positive