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of the following: (A) premium payments for centers of excellence; (B) penalties for hospital-acquired infections, readmissions, and outcome failures; (C) bundled payments for specific episodes of care; or (D) global payments for contracted payers, primary care managers, and case managers for a recipient or for care related to a specific diagnosis; (9) stakeholder involvement in setting annual targets for quality and cost-effectiveness; (10) to the extent consistent with federal law, reducing travel costs by requiring a recipient to obtain medical services in the recipient's home community, to the extent appropriate services are available in the recipient's home community; (11) guidelines for health care providers to develop health care delivery models supported by evidence-based practices that encourage wellness and disease prevention. (b) The department shall, in coordination with the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, efficiently manage a comprehensive and integrated behavioral health program that uses evidence- based, data-driven practices to achieve positive outcomes for people with mental health or substance abuse disorders and children with severe emotional disturbances. The goal of the program is to assist recipients of services under the program to recover by achieving the highest level of autonomy with the least dependence on state-funded services possible for each person. The program must include (1) a plan for providing a continuum of community-based services to address housing, employment, criminal justice, and other relevant issues; (2) services from a wide array of providers and disciplines, including licensed or certified mental health and primary care professionals; and (3) efforts to reduce operational barriers that fragment services, minimize administrative burdens, and reduce the effectiveness and efficiency of the program. (c) The department shall identify the areas of the state where improvements in access to telehealth would be most effective in reducing the costs of medical assistance and improving access to health care services for medical assistance recipients. The department shall make efforts to improve access to telehealth for recipients in those locations. The department may enter into agreements with Indian Health Service providers, if necessary, to improve access by medical assistance recipients to telehealth facilities and equipment. (d) On or before November 15 of each year, the department shall prepare a report and submit the report to the senate secretary and the chief clerk of the house of representatives and notify the legislature that the report is available. The report must include (1) realized cost savings related to reform efforts under this section; (2) realized cost savings related to medical assistance reform efforts undertaken by the department other than the reform efforts described in this section; (3) a statement of whether the department has met annual targets for quality and cost- effectiveness; (4) recommendations for legislative or budgetary changes related to medical assistance