--- title: Care Management Weekly News Update - 4-7-21 description: Weekly healthcare news roundup covering healthcare management, healthcare IT, post acute care, primary care and physician practice management. image: https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/Blogpost%2003_31_21%20(1).jpg --- [![Logo](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/2016/images/amc_logo_top_nav_172x54.svg "Logo")](https://www.avicenna-medical.com) # Avicenna Medical Blog # Avicenna Medical Blog ## [Care Management Weekly News Update - 4/7/21](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-04-07-21) Posted by [DeAnn Dennis](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/author/deann-dennis) on Wed, Apr 07, 2021 @ 12:35 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/Blogpost%2003_31_21%20(1).jpg) ](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-04-07-21) # [Implementing Measurement Science for Electronic Health Record Use](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2778440) The EHR era is still in its infancy. An appreciation of its failures is widespread, but reliable, quantitative metrics of vendor performance are lacking. Scientifically sound EHR use metrics are needed to drive measurable improvements in EHR design, implementation, and regulation and to inform improvements in clinical workflows and teamwork. # [Why Audio-Only Telehealth Visits Must Continue](https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/digital/why-audio-only-telehealth-visits-must-continue) The AMA is strongly urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue paying for audio-only telehealth visits beyond the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) and take the needed measures to compensate physicians for additional infection-control expenses incurred during the pandemic—including the purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE).  # [CMS Expands Telehealth Coverage for Audiologists, Speech-Language Pathologists](https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/cms-expands-telehealth-coverage-for-audiologists-speech-language-pathologists) CMS has added a number of CPT codes to the list of audiology and speech-language pathology services provided by telehealth that will be covered by Medicare during the coronavirus pandemic. # [Texas FQHC Develops Integrative Model to Help Patients With Pain](https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/opioids/texas-fqhc-develops-integrative-model-help-patients-pain) “Not all of our 18,000 uninsured and underinsured patients have debilitating chronic pain,” said Sharad Kohli, MD, a family physician at People’s Community Clinic, a federally qualified health clinic (FQHC) in Austin, Texas. “But we recognized a need and developed a comprehensive, integrative pain-management model that can help all of our patients with pain.”   ![](https://servedby.flashtalking.com/imp/8/104864;3654191;201;pixel;HIMSSMedia;VMWA1HealthcareHIMSSUSFY19Q4HealthcareAudienceAWBNAll1x1ContentHub300x250/?cachebuster=1192153653) Tags: [Weekly Industry News](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/weekly-industry-news) ### Subscribe via E-mail [![Download Our Whitepaper](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/88260/d583cd19-3494-4f21-b925-c9730cf99ded.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/88260/d583cd19-3494-4f21-b925-c9730cf99ded) ### Posts by category - [Annual Wellness Visit (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/annual-wellness-visit) - [Archived Blog Posts (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/archived-blog-posts) - [Behavioral Health Integration / BHI (4)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/behavioral-health-integration-bhi) - [Care Coordination (4)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/care-coordination) - [Care Management (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/care-management) - [Chronic Care Management / CCM (13)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/chronic-care-management-ccm) - [CMS / Medicare (9)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/cms-medicare) - [Coding and Compliance (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/coding-and-compliance) - [COVID-19 (2)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/covid-19) - [Diabetes Prevention / MDPP (2)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/diabetes-prevention-mdpp) - [Disease Management (4)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/disease-management) - [EMR / EHR (4)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/emr-ehr) - [Health IT (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/health-it) - [Healthcare Policy and Reform (8)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/healthcare-policy-and-reform) - [MARCQI (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/marcqi) - [Meaningful Use (2)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/meaningful-use) - [News (13)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/news) - [Patient Reported Outcomes (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/patient-reported-outcomes) - [Population Health Management (4)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/population-health-management) - [Primary Care (2)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/primary-care) - [Principal Care Management / PCM (2)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/principal-care-management-pcm) - [Psychiatric Care Model / CoCM (3)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/psychiatric-care-model-cocm) - [Remote Therapeutic Monitoring/RTM (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/remote-therapeutic-monitoring-rtm) - [Transitions of Care (4)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/transitions-of-care) - [VA News (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/va-news) - [Value Based Care (6)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/value-based-care) - [Weekly Industry News (418)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/weekly-industry-news)   [![logo](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/2016/images/logo_footer.svg "logo")](https://www.avicenna-medical.com) [info@avicenna-medical.com](mailto:info@avicenna-medical.com) **888.284.4080** ©2016. 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