--- title: Care Management Weekly News Update 11-20-25 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/Blog%20(26).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 11/20/25](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-11-20-25) Posted by [DeAnn Dennis](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/author/deann-dennis) on Thu, Nov 20, 2025 @ 11:44 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/Blog%20Post%20Images%20and%20Graphics/Blog%20(26).jpg) ](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-11-20-25) he AHA commented Nov. 3 on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ calendar year 2026 final rule for the [physician fee schedule](https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2025-19787/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-calendar-year-2026-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule). The rule, released [Oct. 31](https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2025-10-31-cms-issues-cy-2026-physician-fee-schedule-final-rule), increases the qualifying alternative payment model participant conversion factor by 3.77% in CY 2026 as compared to CY 2025. # [DEA to publish 4th extension of telehealth prescribing rule in wave of relief for virtual care providers](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/dea-publish-fourth-extension-telehealth-prescribing-rule-wave-relief-telehealth) As the government reopens its doors, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) also appears ready to issue another temporary extension of pandemic-era prescribing flexibilities. Medicare telehealth providers will soon start to receive back pay for the last 42 days of the government shutdown. Many Medicare doctors have continued seeing patients via telehealth since Congress let the clock run out on government funding.  # [The state of rural primary care](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/hospital-physician-relationships/the-state-of-rural-primary-care-4-notes/) Nearly 40% of adults living in rural areas have turned to emergency departments for care that could have been handled in a primary care setting, pointing to persistent issues rural residents face when trying to access routine healthcare services, according to a Commonwealth Fund [report](https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2025/nov/state-rural-primary-care-united-states?mkt_tok=NzEwLVpMTC02NTEAAAGeOB9y6SbuBxye3wQ7igjy1BVe5GMJxaV9fCloFJmQfS-T6mbVfjH7QWw88rhSoHiy3G1b3YS0OFamdkSiphiBb7XyLWJP3BOoGozzQcWDe1J4qOk) published Nov. 17. 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