Avera to host palliative care and ethics symposium
Avera Health will be holding a day-long event at the Sioux Falls Best Western Ramkota on Nov. 6 addressing current and emerging palliative care...
Convention app now available for download
Attending the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organization annual convention? There is an app for that!
The convention app is now available for download for...
Smith hired as CEO of Faulkton Area Medical Center
Dirkland T. Smith has been selected as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and administrator of the Faulkton Area Medical Center. Smith will start Aug....
LeadingAge partner BKD offers call-in opportunities to discuss PDPM
LeadingAge partner BKD is helping skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) prepare for the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) by offering three opportunities to join a Q&A...
Revised CMS fact sheet for Advance Care Planning now available
An Advance Care Planning (ACP) fact sheet, dated June 2018, is now available from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Learning...
New mental health training tool available for LeadingAge members
The Leading Age Learning Hub, which was launched this summer, now has a free video series on mental health. Take advantage of this opportunity...
Join Sen. Rounds on telephone townhall today
Sen. Mike Rounds will be holding a toll-free telephone townhall today, Aug. 15, at 7:55 p.m. CT. During the event Sen. Rounds will take...
Daugaard fills three legislative vacancies
Gov. Dennis Daugaard has filled three vacancies in the South Dakota State Legislature in advance of the special legislative session he called to consider...
Electronic visit verification implementation delayed
On July 30 legislation was passed (H.R. 6042) to amend Section 1903(l) of the Social Security Act to delay the timeline by one year...
CMS proposes changes to Medicare Shared Savings Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would make changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP)...
