--- title: Care Management Weekly News Update 1-12-22 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%20Post%20-%20Featured%20Image%20(8).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 1/12/22](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-1-12-22) Posted by [DeAnn Dennis](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/author/deann-dennis) on Wed, Jan 12, 2022 @ 11:45 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/Blog%20Post%20-%20Featured%20Image%20(8).jpg) ](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-1-12-22) # [Shifting to Serious Illness Communication](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2788065) Although the research evidence for advance care planning has been debated, the underlying need remains. Every day, patients and families engaged in medical decisions toward the end of life experience distress that could have been lessened or even prevented through communication.   # [How Better Primary Care Can Make American Companies More Competitive](https://chiefexecutive.net/how-better-primary-care-can-make-american-companies-more-competitive/) Often, when considering healthcare and cost, people think the only way to save money is to cut benefits. 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