Mental Health Task Forces Start to Meet in July
The Executive Board of the South Dakota Legislature made the
final member appointments at its June 10 meeting. Sixty legislators and
non-legislators have been appointed to...
South Dakota’s Health Ranking
The Commonwealth Fund​ recently released its 2019 Scorecard on State Health System Performance, which ranks all 50 states on key measures of health. Researchers looked at 2017 data from...
Senate Health Committee Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Reduce Health Care Costs
WASHINGTON, June
19, 2019
Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today introduced S.1895, the Lower Health Care Costs Act of...
DOH Office of Health Facilities Licensure and Certification Newsletter
The June 2019 edition of the Partnership News and Best Practice Newsletter from the South Dakota Department of Health, Office of Health Care Facilities...
Workplace Violence eLearning Training – TEAM
HSS Inc. is a recognized
leader in healthcare safety and security as well as an Endorsed Business
Partner of SDAHO Enterprises. HSS recently released a new...
SD DOH Office of Child and Family Services Survey
The South Dakota Department of Health (SD DOH) Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) is asking interested parties to help gather information about the health...
CMS to Hold National Provider Calls on Co-location and Ligature Risk in Hospitals
CMS will hold a National Provider Calls on the draft guidance ligature risk in hospitals on Thursday, June 20 at 1 p.m. (CST). CMS revised...
Invest in your Physicians to Reduce the Burnout Epidemic
The physician burnout epidemic is real. Burnout is a long-term stress reaction marked by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and the lack of sense of personal accomplishment. In...
Providers with Multiple Service Locations Urged to Ensure Claims Data Exactly Match Enrollment Information
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will activate billing claims edits for outpatient providers with multiple service locations in July. Once CMS...
Covington Care & Rehabilitation Center to Close this Summer
Covington Care and Rehabilitation Center, in Sioux Falls plans
to relocate 62 residents prior to their anticipated closure date, August 1.
Here is the full statement about...
