Caregiver Toolkit for Oral Health
Caregiving often requires helping someone with oral healthcare. The Administration on Community Living (ACL) has developed a toolkit to help caregivers provide this assistance....
Special Alert on Condition for Payment under the Home Health Benefit
Effective January 13, 2018, the “Plan of Care” (POC) Condition of Participation under 42 CFR 484.60 also became a Condition for Payment under the...
Electronic Visit Verification Implementation Date Pushed Back
South Dakota is in the process of implementing Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) as required by the 21st Century CURES Act. The State is working...
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 initiate the conversation of Advance...
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 requested the National Uniform Billing...
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 (RUG-IV) for the Skilled Nursing...
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 and provide comments on the...
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) has issued a request for...
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 institutional special needs plan (I-SNP)...
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 care (LTC) providers the December...
