--- title: Care Management Weekly News Update - 12-16-20 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/Untitled%20design%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 - 12/16/20](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-12-16-2020) Posted by [DeAnn Dennis](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/author/deann-dennis) on Wed, Dec 16, 2020 @ 11:41 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(8).jpg) ](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-12-16-2020) # [CMS Finalizes Telehealth, RPM Coverage in 2021 Physician Fee Schedule](https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/cms-finalizes-telehealth-rpm-coverage-in-2021-physician-fee-schedule) The 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, unveiled on Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, aims to build upon the momentum for telehealth adoption seen during this year’s coronavirus pandemic. With health systems and hospitals rapidly embracing connected health, the agency has been under pressure to improve access and reimbursement guidelines. # [5 Recent Studies Exploring AI in Healthcare](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/artificial-intelligence/5-recent-studies-exploring-ai-in-healthcare-2.html) In the past decade, the medical research community has become increasingly interested in artificial intelligence's potential to transform healthcare for the better by reducing workflow inefficiencies, predicting health outcomes and speeding up diagnoses. # [Implementing a Targeted Approach to Social Determinants of Health Interventions](https://www.ajmc.com/view/implementing-a-targeted-approach-to-social-determinants-of-health-interventions) Focus on social determinants is laudable and necessary, there is a tendency for health care organizations to implement SDOH programs at scale without rigorous evidence of effect, rather than targeting interventions to specific patients and assessing their impact. 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