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## [Care Management Weekly News Update - 2/28/2019](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-2-28-2019)

Posted by [DeAnn Dennis](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/author/deann-dennis) on Thu, Feb 28, 2019 @ 01:53 PM

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# [1 in 5 Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closing, Navigant Says](https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/1-in-5-rural-hospitals-at-risk-of-closing-navigant-says/548861/)

 Without some type of financial relief, as many as one in five rural hospitals in the U.S. could be forced to shut their doors, a new Navigant analysis finds. Of those, 64% are "highly essential" to the heath and economic well-being of their communities. In 31 states, at least half of at-risk rural hospitals are deemed essential.

# [Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction May Help Ease Chronic Pain](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-pain-mbsr/mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-may-help-ease-chronic-pain-idUSKCN1QG2I5)

People with chronic pain may experience as much of a decline in symptoms with mindfulness-based stress-reduction training as they do with cognitive behavioral therapy, a small research review suggests.

# [Amazon Exec Says A.I. in Health Care is Finally Moving Beyond Hype](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/21/amazon-exec-taha-kass-hout-ai-in-health-moving-beyond-hype-stage.html)

Amazon's senior health leader, Taha Kass-Hout, talks up the company's advances in artificial intelligence. Kass-Hout points to Amazon's Comprehend Medical as an example of AI moving beyond hype to reality.

# [Home Health Spending Rate Projected to Surpass All Other Care Categories](https://homehealthcarenews.com/2019/02/home-health-spending-rate-projected-to-surpass-all-other-care-categories/)

Roughly $108.8 billion is projected to be spent on home health care in the United States in 2019, according to a newly released analysis from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary. U.S. expenditures on home health care are projected to hit $186.8 billion by 2027.

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