Update on the timing of President Trump’s Budget
PoliticoPro: By Jennifer Scholtes and Caitlin Emma​The White House confirmed to POLITICO today that it will not be releasing President Donald Trump's budget...
State Legislative Update
Committee on Appropriations:
The
Joint Committee on Appropriations is currently listening to agencies
that have a relatively smaller percentage of general fund expenses in
the...
Avera Prince of Peace Recognized by LeadingAge
January 2019 LeadingAge Catalyst Recognition Avera Prince of Peace Retirement CommunitySioux Falls, SD
SDAHO is happy to recognize Justin Hinker at Avera Prince of
Peace as the...
Stark Law, anti-kickback proposed rules could come this year
Politico ProBy Rachel Roubein
​The No. 2 HHS official said today that much-anticipated proposed rules reforming the Stark Law and anti-kickback statute are...
Nursing Home Compare Quarterly Refresh with SNF QRP Data Now Available
From CMS:
The January 2019 Nursing Home
Compare Refresh, including quality measure results based on SNF QRP data
submitted to CMS, is now available.
The updated SNF quality...
Update to Posting of Hospital Charges
In a Jan. 17 tweet by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Administrator Seema Verma, asking for the Twitterverse to "help us make...
The Trustee Quarterly- Winter Edition 2019
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO), with sponsorship from the South Dakota Office of Rural Health, now offers a variety of resources...
Inpatient/Outpatient- Dimensions Database Annual Meeting
The Inpatient
and Outpatient (IPOP)/Dimensions Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 7,
2019 from 10 a.m.–2:00p.m. CST at the Hilton
Garden Inn South Sioux Falls. Lunch will...
CMS launches new Medicare app
CMS PRESS RELEASE 1/28/2019
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new app that gives consumers a modernized Medicare experience with...
2019 Federal Poverty Guidelines Issued
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services poverty guidelines for 2019 have been released and are effective as of Jan. 11. Publication of...