--- title: Care Management Weekly News Update - 5/10/19 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/Weekly%20Blog%20Word%20Cloud(2).png --- [![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 - 5/10/19](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-5-10-19) Posted by [DeAnn Dennis](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/author/deann-dennis) on Fri, May 10, 2019 @ 02:23 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/Weekly%20Blog%20Word%20Cloud(2).png) ](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-5-10-19) # [Fewer Uninsured ED Visits, Hospitalizations After ACA, JAMA Study Finds](https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/fewer-uninsured-ed-visits-hospitalizations-after-aca-jama-study-finds/553075/) The percentage of uninsured patients who visited hospital emergency departments or were discharged declined between 2006 and 2016, according to a new JAMA study. 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