House expected to vote Wednesday on 21st Century Cures Act
The U.S. House is expected to take action Wednesday on a revised 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 34), which is intended to overhaul drug...
U.S. Senate passes telemedicine bill
A bill requiring the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models and the ability of...
Federal judge blocks mandatory overtime pay law
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a federal rule that was to extend mandatory overtime pay to 4.2 million salaried workers, according to a...
CMS publishes proposed rule on pass-through provider payments under Medicaid managed care contracts
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a proposed rule that would limit states’ ability to increase or create new pass-through...
Surgeon General Murthy releases substance abuse report
A new report from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, finds that only 10 percent of those with a substance use disorder receive any...
HHS OIG releases 2017 work plan
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its 2017 work plan, which describes the OIG audits...
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,...
Comments to CMS requested on final rule for OPPS/ASC payment systems
SDAHO joins with the American Hospital Association (AHA) in urging members to submit comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on...
Medicaid expansion pivots to Medicaid reform
Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced Tuesday that he will not ask the South Dakota Legislature to consider his plan to expand Medicaid during the upcoming...
Congress returns for lame duck session
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate returned from a seven-week election recess this week for a brief “lame duck” session....
