--- title: Care Management Weekly News Update 11-06-25 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%20Images%20and%20Graphics/Blogpost%200630.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 11/6/25](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-11-06-25) Posted by [DeAnn Dennis](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/author/deann-dennis) on Thu, Nov 06, 2025 @ 11:45 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/Blog%20Post%20Images%20and%20Graphics/Blogpost%200630.jpg) ](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-11-06-25) The Final CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) marks one of the most consequential rulemaking cycles for remote monitoring since the creation of the original RPM (Remote Physiologic Monitoring) codes. For the first time, CMS finalized new CPT codes supporting shorter-duration monitoring, taking a major step toward more flexible reimbursement pathways for both RPM and RTM (Remote Therapeutic Monitoring) services. # [Rural, poor communities' physician supply could be hardest hit by $100K H-1B visa fee, study finds](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/rural-poor-communities-physician-supply-could-be-hardest-hit-100000-h-1bs-study-finds) A new analysis of Department of Labor data suggests rural communities and those with higher levels of poverty will be disproportionately affected by the government’s new $100,000 fees for H-1B visa applications. Published Wednesday in JAMA, [the study](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2840740?guestAccessKey=b5612aed-a600-4669-97e2-5cfca498b6a6&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=102925&stream=top) of H-1B applications found more than 11,000 of the country’s physicians, or just less than 1% of the national workforce, were sponsored for H-1B visas in the 2024 federal fiscal year (ended Sept. 30, 2024).  # [Physicians criticize CMS’ efficiency adjustment](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/hospital-physician-relationships/physicians-criticize-cms-efficiency-adjustment/) In the days after CMS [finalized](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/cms-finalizes-2026-physician-fee-schedule-12-notes/) its 2026 physician fee schedule, dozens of physician organizations rebuked the rule and a 2.5% reduction the agency called an “efficiency adjustment.” Reimbursement under Medicare will shrink for more than 7,000 physician services, or 95% of all services provided by physicians, according to the [American Medical Association](https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/ama-press-releases/ama-comments-2026-medicare-fee-schedule), which has [advocated](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issues/providers-decry-cms-efficiency-adjustment-proposal-3-notes/) for an alternative payment structure.  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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