From the Beacon Nation article: "The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides incentives to reduce hospital readmission rates through accountable care organizations, shared savings programs, and penalties. These strategies promote improved care management, especially at the point of dischargei, and encourage prevention of unnecessary utilization of hospital services. As a result, payers, hospitals and primary care practices have a strong business case to focus on improving care transitions and reducing avoidable readmissions and Emergency Department (ED) visits."