--- title: Care Management Weekly News Update 12-04-25 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%20055%20(1).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 12/04/25](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-12-04-25) Posted by [DeAnn Dennis](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/author/deann-dennis) on Thu, Dec 04, 2025 @ 11:45 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/Blog%20Post%20Images%20and%20Graphics/Blogpost%20055%20(1).jpg) ](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-12-04-25) The Senate bill [covers certain devices](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1399/text) that are cleared or approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Eligible devices deliver services using artificial intelligence, machine learning or other similarly designed software. The services yield clinical outputs or generate clinical conclusions that physicians can use to screen, detect, diagnose or treat health conditions.  # [Hospital groups file lawsuit to enjoin pharma-supported 340B rebate pilot](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/hospital-groups-file-lawsuit-enjoin-pharma-supported-340b-rebate-pilot) The hospital lobby has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the federal government’s 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program, which is set to swap out safety-net providers’ longstanding upfront drug discounts for after-the-fact rebates beginning Jan. 1. The complaint and an accompanying motion for a temporary restraining order was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine by the American Hospital Association (AHA), the Maine Hospital Association and four individual safety-net health systems. # [Senators urge DEA to extend controlled substance telehealth flexibilities](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/digital-health/senators-urge-dea-to-extend-controlled-substance-telehealth-flexibilities/) Senators are [urging](https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=9CF02C8C-45E6-467B-8014-450D4D3E9BE9) the Drug Enforcement Administration to extend federal telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled substances before they expire Dec. 31. In a Dec. 2 letter to DEA Administrator Terrance Cole, the senators said the policies, created during the COVID-19 public health emergency, have been life-saving for patients who depend on virtual visits to access treatment for substance use disorders, mental health conditions and chronic illnesses. Under the current extension, federal agencies have waived the in-person visit requirement for prescribing controlled substances via telehealth. 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