Getting “big and loud” in Canton and Vermillion
Therapy patients with Parkinson’s disease at the Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center and Sanford Hospital Vermillion are experiencing remarkable results, thanks to dedicated therapists and...
FEMA Health Sector Emergency Preparedness course offered – POSTPONED
**UPDATE: This training course has been postponed. See news article posted Aug. 20.** The South Dakota Health Care Coalition is sponsoring free training...
HRSA grant awarded to study tribal workforce challenges
A one-year, $100,000 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will be used to study health care workforce shortage on South Dakota’s...
Free West Nile testing no longer available through DOH
The South Dakota Department of Health announced that effective immediately, they will no longer provide free West Nile Virus serology testing. The change is...
Dementia certification training offered
Learn how to utilize dementia care best practices at a one-day, in-person training session being offered in multiple locations across South Dakota. This training...
Funding for ACA marketplace outreach is cut
Grant money used to educate and enroll people in health insurance plans available through the federal insurance marketplace will be cut to $10 million...
Hospitals add over 10,000 jobs in June
A Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows there were 10,600 more hospital jobs in June 2018 than in May 2018, a .21 percent increase....
Proposed changes to Home Health Prospective Payment System rule
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) is reviewing the recently released Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule CMS-1689-P, which...
CMS issues QRP non-compliance notices for post-acute care providers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has notified post-acute care facilities - inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF), long-term care hospitals (LTCH), skilled nursing...
Comment letters submitted on IPPS proposed rule and price transparency
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations supports two letters recently submitted by the American Hospital Association to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
