---
title: Care Management Weekly News Update -8/21/18
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(1).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 -8/21/18](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-8-21-18)

Posted by [DeAnn Dennis](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/author/deann-dennis) on Tue, Aug 21, 2018 @ 02:47 PM

- [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)

[![](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/Weekly%20Blog%20Word%20Cloud(1).png) ](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-8-21-18)

# [Rural Hospitals in Dire Need of Regulatory Relief](https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/rural-hospitals-in-dire-need-of-regulatory-relief/528403/)

CMS says it's working to improve access and quality of care in rural health settings, but the industry counters that it needs a much bigger effort to stem the bloodletting in the sector in recent years.

# [Adding Mental Health Options in the Clinical Setting is Tough. Experts Say to Aim for These ‘Quick Wins’.](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/hospitals-health-systems/though-it-will-take-a-heavy-lift-to-integrate-behavioral-and-clinical-care)

Though truly bringing mental health care into the fold with clinical care may ultimately require some major policy overhauls, there are "significant quick wins” key players can go after now, experts say.

## [Future Winners in Accelerating Shift to Value](https://www.chilmarkresearch.com/future-winners-in-accelerating-shift-to-value/)

Last week, CMS released its proposed rule (beware – in good government fashion it’s a whopping 607 pages) for the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Accountable Care Organization (ACO) program.

# [Collaboration on Skilled Nursing Transitions Reduces 30-Day Readmissions](https://skillednursingnews.com/2018/07/collaboration-skilled-nursing-transitions-reduces-30-day-readmissions/)

A collaborative initiative between nurse practitioners (NPs), doctors, and other medical staff to help patients discharged from a hospital to a skilled nursing facility lowered 30-day hospital readmissions.

 Tags: [Weekly Industry News](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/weekly-industry-news)

### Subscribe via E-mail

[![Download Our Whitepaper](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/88260/d583cd19-3494-4f21-b925-c9730cf99ded.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/88260/d583cd19-3494-4f21-b925-c9730cf99ded)

### Posts by category

- [Annual Wellness Visit (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/annual-wellness-visit)
- [Archived Blog Posts (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/archived-blog-posts)
- [Behavioral Health Integration / BHI (4)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/behavioral-health-integration-bhi)
- [Care Coordination (4)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/care-coordination)
- [Care Management (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/care-management)
- [Chronic Care Management / CCM (13)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/chronic-care-management-ccm)
- [CMS / Medicare (9)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/cms-medicare)
- [Coding and Compliance (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/coding-and-compliance)
- [COVID-19 (2)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/covid-19)
- [Diabetes Prevention / MDPP (2)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/diabetes-prevention-mdpp)
- [Disease Management (4)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/disease-management)
- [EMR / EHR (4)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/emr-ehr)
- [Health IT (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/health-it)
- [Healthcare Policy and Reform (8)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/healthcare-policy-and-reform)
- [MARCQI (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/marcqi)
- [Meaningful Use (2)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/meaningful-use)
- [News (13)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/news)
- [Patient Reported Outcomes (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/patient-reported-outcomes)
- [Population Health Management (4)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/population-health-management)
- [Primary Care (2)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/primary-care)
- [Principal Care Management / PCM (2)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/principal-care-management-pcm)
- [Psychiatric Care Model / CoCM (3)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/psychiatric-care-model-cocm)
- [Remote Therapeutic Monitoring/RTM (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/remote-therapeutic-monitoring-rtm)
- [Transitions of Care (4)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/transitions-of-care)
- [VA News (1)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/va-news)
- [Value Based Care (6)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/value-based-care)
- [Weekly Industry News (418)](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/topic/weekly-industry-news)

 

[![logo](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/2016/images/logo_footer.svg "logo")](https://www.avicenna-medical.com)

[info@avicenna-medical.com](mailto:info@avicenna-medical.com)  
**888.284.4080**

©2016. Avicenna Medical Systems All Rights Reserved.  
[Privacy Policy](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/avicenna-medical-systems-privacy-policy).

### Keep in Touch

- [![facebook icon](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/2016/images/icon_facebook.svg)Like us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Avicenna-Medical-Systems-Inc-585126998355823/)
- [![twitter icon](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/2016/images/icon_twitter.svg)Follow us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/avicennamedical)
- [![linked in icon](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/2016/images/icon_linked_in.svg)Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/avicenna-medical-systems-inc.)

### Stay up to date!

Leave us your email to get the latest news and updates.

```json
{
  "@context" : "https://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "DeAnn Dennis",
    "url" : "https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/author/deann-dennis"
  },
  "datePublished" : "2018-08-21T18:47:58.000Z",
  "headline" : "Care Management Weekly News Update -8/21/18",
  "image" : [ "https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/Weekly%20Blog%20Word%20Cloud(1).png" ],
  "mainEntityOfPage" : {
    "@id" : "https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-8-21-18",
    "@type" : "WebPage"
  },
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "url" : "None"
    },
    "name" : "Avicenna Medical"
  }
}
```