Genworth Financial releases annual Cost of Care Survey
Genworth Financial, an insurance and financial planning company, recently released its annual 2017Â Cost of Care Survey, which uses survey results to inform long term...
CMS issues new videos to support culturally appropriate care for tribal elders
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released five new videos that highlight culturally appropriate and tribally driven ways to improve long...
Hospice Compare goes live
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released Hospice Compare this week. The data published on the site represents data collected from October...
FY 2018 LTCH PPS Medicare fee-for-service final rule released
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its final rule to update the Medicare fee-for-service long-term acute-care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment...
Education opportunity for prescribers of antibiotics
SDAHO will be offering a free CEU education for prescribers of antibiotics in long term care settings for residents and elderly. The educational session...
Ways and Means Committee seeks provider feedback on regulatory relief
In the midst of Senate activity last week with the ACA repeal bill, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH), with support...
CMS proposes 2018 and 2019 payment changes for home health
The CMS proposed rule updates the home health prospective payment system (HH
PPS) payment rates, including the national, standardized 60-day episode payment rates, the national...
DOH issues request for proposal to provide additional nursing facility capacity
DOH posted a 2017 Request for Proposals to provide additional nursing facility capacity in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, and other communities in South Dakota.
Proposals...
CMS issues final rule to delay home health conditions of participation effective date
CMS issued a final rule to delay the effective date for the new home health conditions of participation. The original effective date was July 13, 2017. Under pressure from providers and other interested parties, including SDAHO, CMS is delaying the effective date for an additional six months until Jan. 13, 2018.
Requirements of Participation (RoPs) Interpretive Guidelines for nursing facilities released
On June 30, CMS issued Survey and Certification memo 17-36-NH, releasing the revision to the State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix PP for Phase 2...
