--- title: Care Management Weekly News Update - 8/27/19 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 - 8/27/19](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-8-27-19) Posted by [DeAnn Dennis](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/author/deann-dennis) on Tue, Aug 27, 2019 @ 01:59 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-8-27-19)   ## [![](https://cdn.oas-c17.adnxs.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/Himss/AIHealthcare_112918_HITN_300.728/1546449550826_48865912.gif/1546449550)](https://homehealthcarenews.com/2019/07/non-medical-home-care-could-save-at-least-4b-in-medicare-costs/) # [Three California Networks See Promising Results in CMS Quality Initiative](https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/three-california-networks-see-promising-results-in-cms-quality-initiative/561398/) Three large networks of medical practices in California saved more than $345 million over four years in costs that payers would have otherwise incurred from emergency department visits, hospital admissions, diagnostic tests and other services, in results under a CMS initiative announced Wednesday. # [As Digital Disrupters Make Inroads, Pharmacy Giants Shifting to Health Services, J.D. Power Executive Says](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/as-digital-disruptors-make-inroads-pharmacy-giants-need-to-evolve-to-health-and-wellness-j-d?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVdNNVpEVTVOemt5WVdNeSIsInQiOiJUNnYwa2hpZ3FYREZpRFhWSTgycGhhRXFNcGtpYnRIeURwUjBrQlA4YjF0OUJZSzhsVlhEMG9QdG1iWlRuaUxWdDVlR05hYkltaHhIRUtIa3plNjEyYnVGak41TUdXRUxGM2FoendzelZQa2pNVjV3UGxYZHlYbWJvcDBlZlU2ZSJ9&mrkid=34080236) As new digital disrupters like Amazon’s PillPack redesign the pharmacy experience, brick-and-mortar pharmacy giants will need to innovate and pivot to health and wellness to stay ahead, according to industry experts. # [Hospitals Figure Out How to Implement CMS Transparency Requirement](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/hospitals-health-systems/hospitals-figure-out-how-to-implement-cms-transparency-requirement) While the Trump administration wants hospitals to begin posting "shoppable" prices online starting next year, some hospitals are scrambling to figure out how they'll be able to meet such a requirement. # [Home Care Agencies See New Opportunities Amid VA Changes](https://homehealthcarenews.com/2019/08/home-care-agencies-see-new-opportunities-amid-va-changes/) The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) — or the Tesla of home care, according to some — recently made changes to its health care plan to put veterans at the center of their own care and reduce network fragmentation.   ![](https://servedby.flashtalking.com/imp/8/104864;3654191;201;pixel;HIMSSMedia;VMWA1HealthcareHIMSSUSFY19Q4HealthcareAudienceAWBNAll1x1ContentHub300x250/?cachebuster=1192153653) 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. 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