CMS announces first year results for Quality Payment Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma announced that 93 percent of Merit-based Incentive Payment...
SDAHO prepares guidance for posting hospital charges
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and subsequent guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in fiscal...
Hospital and CAH swing-bed manual revisions
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made change request revisions to the swing-bed manual that clarify policies related...
Thune elected Senate Majority Whip
Sen. John Thune was unanimously elected Senate Majority Whip making him second in command in the Senate and the...
HHS seeks to implement final rule on 340B drug ceiling prices, civil monetary penalties
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed to implement, effective Jan. 1, 2019, its final rule addressing...
CMS is developing rule to cut Medicaid transportation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has given notice of a proposed rule that would make it...
HHS lifting IMD exclusion for Medicaid payment for inpatient mental health treatment
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in a letter sent to state Medicaid directors Nov. 13 said...
Antibiotic Awareness Week: Learn why antibiotics aren’t always the answer
Antibiotics are life-saving drugs and important for treating infections, like those that can lead to sepsis. However, when antibiotics...
New Medicare Part D opioid overutilization policies for 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized new policies for Medicare drug plans to follow starting on...
Rave named president/CEO of SDAHO
Tim Rave has been named the permanent president/CEO of the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) effective Nov....
