Revisions made to Immediate Imposition of Federal Remedies for skilled nursing facilities
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Centers (CMS) issued a memo June 15 to State Survey Agency Directors highlighting the final revisions to the...
New Medicare cards for South Dakotans
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started mailing new Medicare cards this week to people with Medicare who live in South Dakota,...
Free webinar available for Home Health PEPPER review
A free WebEx event to review the most recent Home Health Agency (HHA) Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER), version Q4CY17, will...
Senate hearing held on Alzheimer’s legislation
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to encourage passage of bipartisan legislation Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s...
Skilled nursing facility preview reports now available
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available for review. Providers have until June 30 to review their...
Participants needed for home care and hospice salary, benefits studies
Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) announced the 2018‑2019 Home Care and Hospice Salary & Benefits studies are now underway. Facilities who wish to...
Health score for seniors in South Dakota falls
America’s Health Rankings from the United Health Foundation has released their Senior Report for 2018, which shows that South Dakota dropped from number 15...
Campaign launched to educate, empower millennials about LTSS
LeadingAge, a nonprofit organization that provides a voice for aging in America, has launched a campaign asking millennials to speak out on the need...
Comments due July 30 for home health demonstration program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has revived a demonstration program - the Review Choice Demonstration - for home health services. The...
New SNF rules proposed; comments due June 26
The FY 2019 skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule, published on May 8, includes a very complex patient driven payment...
