CDC Reports Increase in Health Worker Harassment, Poor Mental Health
The share of health workers who reported feeling threatened or harassed by patients or others at work more than doubled between 2018 and 2022...
HHS Announces Agreement to Transition Paxlovid to Commercial Market
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced that HHS and Pfizer have reached an agreement that extends patient access to Paxlovid,...
Congressman Dusty Johnson Lifts Up SDAHO as He helps Fight CMS Proposed Rule
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) advocacy team are actively lobbying against CMS’s proposed staffing rule, which impacts all healthcare not just...
HHS Takes Action to Provide 12 Months of Mandatory Continuous Coverage for Children in...
In a press release from September 29, 2023 HHS reviews a letter sent to state health officials in the U.S.
As part of its ongoing...
Let’s Get Staffing Right; Tell Congress to Support HR 5796
The Protecting Rural Seniors Access to Care Act was introduced in the House to keep the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from...
SDAHO Receives HRSA Network Development Planning Grant
South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) was awarded a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant. The grant...
Proposed Federal Staffing Standards for Nursing Homes Takes Center Stage in Pierre – SDAHO...
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) presented alarming information to the Sustainability of Long-Term Care Committee at the state legislature earlier this...
Agencies Alert Organizations to Ransomware, Fake Media Threats
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) yesterday alerted the sector to a ransomware group that has claimed over...
Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees Act Introduced
Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., today introduced the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees Act, AHA-supported legislation that would make it...
Lower Costs, More Transparency Act
Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education & Workforce Committees have released a summary of draft legislation the committees...
