FEMA training course postponed
The FEMA Health Sector Emergency Preparedness course scheduled for Aug. 14 in Pierre has been postponed due to FEMA’S hurricane response recovery efforts to...
Hospitals asked to complete nursing facility needs survey
The South Dakota Department of Health (DOH) is conducting a survey of hospitals to help assess the need for additional nursing home capacity.
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Free HIPAA training scheduled for healthcare providers
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is providing free HIPAA training specifically for smaller-sized health care providers. The training is to...
CMS proposes change in office visit codes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma sent a letter to doctors proposing changes to the documentation requirements for office...
Hospitals can expect more oversight on 340B Drug Pricing Program
Comments made by Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar during the 340B Coalition Summer Meeting last week put hospitals on alert to...
Caregivers groups ask for immediate implementation of Family Caregivers Act
The American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living, LeadingAge and 72 other national organizations in a June 28 letter urged Health...
Measure to cap drug prices in SD removed from ballot
Initiated Measure (IM) 26, which would have capped drug prices in South Dakota, was removed from the November 2018 ballot by Circuit Judge Patricia...
House expected to vote on farm bill today
House agriculture leaders said they expect the House to vote this afternoon to move the farm bill, H.R. 2 (115), to a conference committee....
Federal appeals court upholds dismissal of 340B lawsuit
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a decision yesterday in the 340B drug savings case affirming the district court’s dismissal....
South Dakota ends fiscal year with $16.9M surplus
South Dakota state government closed the 2018 budget year on June 30 with a surplus marking the seventh consecutive year of spending less than...
