Are You Ready to Start the Conversation About Advance Care Planning in your Community?
Trained and certified First Steps ® Advance Care Planning Facilitators in South Dakota are ready to help your community...
Notice to Home Health Billing Staff on Rural Add-On Payment Code Effective January 1,...
Home health rural add-on payments will now vary based on the county in which the service was furnished. Medicare...
Overview materials available for SNF Patient Driven Payment Model
On Oct. 1, 2019, the new Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) will replace the Resource Utilization Group, Version IV...
Administrative rules for assisted living centers have been revised
The South Dakota Department of Health encourages assisted living providers to review the draft rules for assisted living facilities...
Proposals for additional nursing home capacity due Dec. 21
As stated in a previous South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations article, the South Dakota Department of Health (DOH)...
Webinar offered on how to become a Institutional Special Needs Plan provider
LeadingAge has released a new webinar for members ($99) and non-members ($198) on the topic of becoming a provider-led...
SD Department of Health newsletter offers useful information for LTC providers
The South Dakota Department of Health’s Office of Health Care Facilities Licensure and Certification has released for long term...
Use of electronic health records increasing in long term care
The Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a...
Version 2.01 of the Hospice Item Set Manual is now available
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 15 released the updated Hospice Item Set (HIS) manual, which...
NHPCO comments on hospice regulatory burden
In a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Nov. 19, the National Hospice and Palliative...
