--- title: Care Management Weekly News Update 8-24-22 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/Blog%20(13).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 8/24/22](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-08-24-22) Posted by [DeAnn Dennis](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/author/deann-dennis) on Wed, Aug 24, 2022 @ 11:45 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/Blog%20(13).jpg) ](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-08-24-22) # [Why Telehealth is Key to Turning the Tide on BP Control](https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/hypertension/why-telehealth-key-turning-tide-bp-control) Hypertension awareness, treatment and control remain persistent challenges in the U.S., according to [an article published in the *American Journal of Hypertension*](https://academic.oup.com/ajh/article/35/3/232/6544846). That is where telehealth can help. # [CMS Approves First Measures to Track Social Determinants at Federal Level](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/cms-approves-first-ever-measures-track-sdoh-federal-level) The measure set, proposed by the Physicians Foundation, was adopted for use earlier this month in the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule, effective 2023. These measures are based on the foundation’s [framework for addressing SDOH](https://physiciansfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PF21_Handout_Viewpoints_Social-Determinants-of-Health-v1i.pdf) (PDF), published last year.  # [Hybrid Care Provider, Payer Team Up to Expand Care Access in Rural Michigan](https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/hybrid-care-provider-payer-team-up-to-expand-care-access-in-rural-michigan) Priority Health's Medicare Advantage members in 14 Michigan counties will gain access to Homeward's in-person, virtual, and remote monitoring services through the partnership. # [Addressing Challenges in Primary Care—Lessons to Guide Innovation](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2795471) The Innovation Center has tested models to increase access to advanced, integrated primary care in many communities. It reviewed data and practice feedback from several primary care initiatives:  the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) and Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) models and the Primary Care First (PCF) model. Five major lessons emerged from this review. 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