New Physician Recruiting Incentives Report
Each year, Merritt Hawkins, the nation’s leading physician search firm, releases a report showing the starting salaries, signing bonuses and other incentives used to...
Administration Issues Surprise Billing Protections Interim Rule
On July 1, the Biden Administration introduced an interim final rule instructing mediators to consider median in-network rates when determining how much an insurer...
Nominate a Community Star: South Dakota Office of Rural Health
South Dakota Office of Rural Health is dedicated to bringing attention to the outstanding contributions of those who are working to improve health in...
Pandemic Relief Funds Allocated to Young Adults Previously in Foster Care
The Department of Social Services (DSS) Independent Living Program is now set to receive over $1.5 million of federal COVID-19 pandemic funding. The DSS...
Summit on Building a Crisis Response Continuum in Our Communities
The Unified Judicial System, in conjunction with several partner organizations, will be hosting a statewide conference about mental health crisis intervention August 18 and...
Healthcare Hero Highlight: Health Murphy
Senior living care became increasingly complicated during the pandemic. It brought challenges that many did not expect, and it raised awareness to just how...
2021 PAC Campaign has Good Start
Last month SDAHO’s Political Action Committee (PAC) kicked off the fundraising campaign for 2021. After last year's abbreviated campaign due to Covid, this year...
AHA Provides Members with Tools and Resources to Navigate Current Blood Supply Shortage
The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated mitigation efforts established to slow the spread of the virus have resulted in significant decreases in the nation’s...
CMS Issues New Visitation Guidance for Hospitals
On June 26, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released updated guidance on visitation for patients testing negative for COVID-19. Because hospital patients...
SD-DOH Confirms Detection of the Delta Coronavirus Variant in South Dakota
The South Dakota Department of Health (SD-DOH) can confirm that the B.1.617.2 variant (the ‘Delta variant”) of COVID-19 has been detected in South Dakota....
