--- title: Care Management Weekly News Update - 7-15-20 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/Potential%20blog%20images/Shutterstock.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 - 7/15/20](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-7-15-20) Posted by [DeAnn Dennis](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/author/deann-dennis) on Wed, Jul 15, 2020 @ 10:06 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/Potential%20blog%20images/Shutterstock.jpg) ](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-7-15-20) ## [With Coronavirus Cases Surging, VA's "Fourth Mission" Now Covers 46 States](https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2020/07/with-coronavirus-cases-surging-vas-fourth-mission-now-covers-46-states-wilkie-says/) As new Coronavirus hotspots have emerged across the country, the Department of Veterans Affairs has so far deployed nearly 1,000 of its own medical professionals to 46 states as part of its “fourth mission.” # [CDC Gets FDA Nod for Coronavirus-Flu Combination Diagnostic](https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/cdc-gets-fda-nod-for-coronavirus-flu-combination-diagnostic/581070/) FDA has granted emergency use authorization to a test from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designed to determine whether a patient is infected with influenza or the novel Coronavirus. # [Measure the Impact of the ONC's New Interoperability Rules Now](https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200701.58142/full/) On May 1, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published landmark regulations to improve health data access and interoperability for patients, providers, and app developers, using a standardized application programming interface (API) infrastructure. # [Hospital Traffic Stalls as COVID-19 Cases Surge, Analysts Say](https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/hospital-traffic-stalls-as-cases-surge-coronavirus/581051/) Hospital volumes have improved since a low point in mid-April, but volume appears to be stalling as case counts explode in certain regions, according to cell phone data monitored by Jefferies. Analysts are tracking cell tower data at 3,300 facilities across the country.   # [Chronic Disease Management in the COVID-19 Era](https://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2020/2020-vol26-n8/chronic-disease-management-in-the-covid19-era) The Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic is leading to a rapid transition away from in-person ambulatory care. Almost immediately, virtual and asynchronous care delivery by outpatient providers has become the new normal. 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