KEPRO BFCC-QIO Changes
KEPRO has been the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) in South Dakota for the past five years and was recently awarded a...
Cardiovascular Collaborative Working to Improve Quality of Life for South Dakotans
Is your organization or facility working on Heart Disease and Stroke? Did you know that South Dakota has a Cardiovascular Collaborative? The Cardiovascular Collaborative...
MDS Nurse, Coders and Directors of Nursing Encouraged to Attend ICD-10/PDPM training on June...
On J​une 11th at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Sioux Falls, SD, Colleen Toebe from Pathway Health will be conducting a 1-day training...
Nursing Home Innovation Grant Deadline is June 3, 2019
The South Dakota Department of Human Services released the $5 million nursing home innovation grant application on April 29, 2019. Grants are...
Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Awards
Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ recognizes hospitals that provide an overall outstanding patient experience, delivering a positive experience for patients during their hospital stay, as reported...
SD DSS Corrective Action Plan Presented to GOAC
SD DSS reported to the Government, Operations, and Audit
Committee (GOAC) on Thursday May 23. Laurie Mikkonen, Finance Officer presented
a Corrective
Action Plan due to the...
AHA Webinar on Draft Guidance
As a follow to a previous SDAHO story​ regarding CMS's issued draft guidance regarding co-location or space-sharing arrangements between hospitals and other providers.  The AHA will be...
More Than 300 Members of Congress Sign Bipartisan Letter Urging Delay of Medicaid Disproportionate...
A total of 302 members, including Rep. Dusty Johnson ​of Congress signed on to a bipartisan House letter urging Congress to delay cuts to...
Mobile Mammography’s Efforts in Rural Communities
An assessment of mobile mammography availability in SD was completed in 2018. A report gives a summary of the findings from that assessment. In...
Spring 2019 Workers Compensation Conference
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations
(SDAHO) Enterprises, in partnership with United Heartland, hosted the Spring Healthcare
Conference on Workers’ Compensation on May 21 in...
