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## [Care Management Weekly News Update -11/1/17](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-11-1-17)

Posted by [DeAnn Dennis](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/author/deann-dennis) on Wed, Nov 01, 2017 @ 11:09 AM

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# [Hospitals Step In To Help House The Homeless. Will It Make A Difference?](https://khn.org/news/hospitals-step-in-to-help-house-the-homeless-will-it-make-a-difference/)

<http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/house-committees-give-health-it-bills-thumbs-up/505003/>Hospitals in Sacramento, California, and around the country are taking steps to help homeless people find housing. Doing so, they say, will limit unnecessary ER visits and reduce wasteful health care spending.

# [The Innovation Health Care Really Needs: Help People Manage Their Own Health](https://hbr.org/2017/10/the-innovation-health-care-really-needs-help-people-manage-their-own-health)

The U.S. healthcare system is now by far the world’s most expensive system per capita, about twice that of the UK, Canada, and Australia, with chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease now accounting for more than 80% of total spending. These astronomical costs are largely due to the fact that employers and insurance companies — not end consumers — call the shots on what kind of care they will pay for.

# [Small Physician Practices Embrace Telemedicine](http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/telemedicine-telehealth-services-at-small-physician-practices)

Sure, the biggest telemedicine programs are run out of large hospitals and health systems. But increasingly, standalone primary care providers and specialists are finding value in seeing patients remotely—both to keep revenues that might otherwise go to outside telemedicine providers and as a cost-effective way to attract patients from a wider region.

# [AMGA to Reps: Pass CHRONIC Care Act to Aid ACOs, Team-Based Care](https://revcycleintelligence.com/news/amga-to-reps-pass-chronic-care-act-to-aid-acos-team-based-care)

AMGA recently pushed House Representatives to pass the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017, which would particularly support accountable care organizations (ACOs) implementing chronic disease management.

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