New Medicare cards for South Dakotans
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started mailing new Medicare cards this week to people with Medicare who live in South Dakota,...
Study shows reducing opioids not associated with lower patient satisfaction scores
A Kaiser Permanente study of nearly 2,500 patients who used high doses of opioids for at least six months showed that reducing their opioid...
Free webinar available for Home Health PEPPER review
A free WebEx event to review the most recent Home Health Agency (HHA) Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER), version Q4CY17, will...
SDAHO holds discussion with HHS regional director
Members of the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organization leadership team recently participated in a discussion with Dr. Brian E. Shiozawa, Regional Director, Health...
Sanford Health and Good Samaritan to merge
Sanford Health and the Good Samaritan Society announced the two companies will merge. The merger will create a $6 billion business with 47,000 employees....
Congress continues to address the challenge of rising drug prices
On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on strategies to reduce prescription drug costs and encourage innovation and competition in the market....
Farm bill deliberations shift to the Senate
With hopes of getting a farm bill by summer’s end, the Senate is moving forward with “bipartisan” legislation with S. 3042. Action on wide...
DHS issues notices to assisted living providers
HCBS provider self-assessment due July 13
To review South Dakota assisted living providers’ compliance progress with the Home and Community Based Services Setting requirements, the...
CMS launches new audit initiatives for Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Tuesday it plans to move forward with a series of wide-ranging transparency and accountability initiatives...
Proposed government reorganization will touch many
Last week the Trump administration released a proposal to shrink government and reorganize how services are delivered. The proposal would merge the departments of...
