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 124 STAT. 391 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 ‘‘(vii) Utilizing medication therapy management services, such as those described in section 935 of the Public Health Service Act. ‘‘(viii) Establishing community-based health teams to support small-practice medical homes by assisting the primary care practitioner in chronic care manage- ment, including patient self-management, activities. ‘‘(ix) Assisting applicable individuals in making informed health care choices by paying providers of services and suppliers for using patient decision-sup- port tools, including tools that meet the standards developed and identified under section 936(c)(2)(A) of the Public Health Service Act, that improve applicable individual and caregiver understanding of medical treatment options. ‘‘(x) Allowing States to test and evaluate fully inte- grating care for dual eligible individuals in the State, including the management and oversight of all funds under the applicable titles with respect to such individ- uals. ‘‘(xi) Allowing States to test and evaluate systems of all-payer payment reform for the medical care of residents of the State, including dual eligible individ- uals. ‘‘(xii) Aligning nationally recognized, evidence- based guidelines of cancer care with payment incen- tives under title XVIII in the areas of treatment plan- ning and follow-up care planning for applicable individ- uals described in clause (i) or (iii) of subsection (a)(4)(A) with cancer, including the identification of gaps in applicable quality measures. ‘‘(xiii) Improving post-acute care through con- tinuing care hospitals that offer inpatient rehabilita- tion, long-term care hospitals, and home health or skilled nursing care during an inpatient stay and the 30 days immediately following discharge. ‘‘(xiv) Funding home health providers who offer chronic care management services to applicable individuals in cooperation with interdisciplinary teams. ‘‘(xv) Promoting improved quality and reduced cost by developing a collaborative of high-quality, low-cost health care institutions that is responsible for— ‘‘(I) developing, documenting, and dissemi- nating best practices and proven care methods; ‘‘(II) implementing such best practices and proven care methods within such institutions to demonstrate further improvements in quality and efficiency; and ‘‘(III) providing assistance to other health care institutions on how best to employ such best prac- tices and proven care methods to improve health care quality and lower costs. ‘‘(xvi) Facilitate inpatient care, including intensive care, of hospitalized applicable individuals at their local hospital through the use of electronic monitoring by specialists, including intensivists and critical care specialists, based at integrated health systems.