HHS Rocky Mountain Region Office presenting free training on HIPAA for small providers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Rocky Mountain Region, will be presenting FREE training on the Privacy,...
AHA offering MACRA webinar
The American Hospital Association is holding a MACRA Webinar titled "The New Medicare Physician Payment System: What hospitals and their clinician partners need to...
AHA replay of Town Hall Webcast on Medicaid available online
SDAHO members who missed Tuesday's American Hospital Association (AHA) Town Hall Webcast on Medicaid can find the recording online.
Replays of Town Hall meetings can...
HIPAA and patient privacy in situations of crisis
In light of the recent mass shooting in Las Vegas, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued reminder information about instances in...
HHS: ACA drops SD’s uninsured rate by 18 percent
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says the uninsured rate in South Dakota has fallen by 18 percent since the Affordable Care...
Final Rule Issued on Medicaid DSH Third-Party Payments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the final rule that addresses how third-party payments are treated in calculating the hospital-specific...
Shiozawa named HHS Region 8 director
The Trump administration has selected Dr. Brian Shiozawa, a Republican state senator from Utah, to serve as the regional director for the U.S. Department...
Manual instructions regarding MOON implementation available
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) says that manual instructions regarding implementation of the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) now are available...
FDA reports EpiPen shortage
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this week announced a shortage of EpiPens,, citing a manufacturing delay. EpiPens are the emergency treatment for...
Happy National Rural Health Day
Nov. 17 was National Rural Health Day, an important time set aside to pause and give a special thanks to the caregivers, colleagues, volunteers,...
