April is Donate Life Month
“Let it Bloom” activities are happening all across South Dakota this April as health care providers celebrate Donate Life Month. The celebration, instituted by Donate Life America and its partnering organizations in 2003, features an entire month of local, regional and national activities to help encourage Americans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to celebrate those who have saved lives through the gift of donation.
Final Rule Issued on Medicaid DSH Third-Party Payments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the final rule that addresses how third-party payments are...
President’s executive order addresses opioid epidemic
President Trump signed an executive order this week to establish the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the...
AHA releases an updated community health assessment toolkit
The American Hospital Association (AHA), through its Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI), has updated its community health assessment...
Calls for regulatory relief are reaching HHS
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today released a proposed rule to delay the effective date for...
Organizations invited to apply for 2017 Foster G. McGaw Prize
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Baxter International Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust is accepting applications for the 2017 Foster G. McGaw Prize. The prize honors health care organizations that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to community service. Applicants should showcase strong leadership within their community, a commitment to service and care, partnerships that help meet community needs, a breadth and depth of community service initiatives, and a high level of community involvement.
What’s next after failed attempt to repeal and replace the ACA?
After seven years (and 50 votes) to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), House Republican leaders and President Trump last Friday decided to pull the American Health Care Act (AHCA) bill when efforts to garner the necessary 216 votes for passage could not be achieved. House caucus groups met Tuesday morning to regroup, reflect and prioritize their next steps related to the health care agenda.
Membership engagement survey
SDAHO will be conducting a membership engagement survey beginning the week of April 3. The biennial survey gathers important feedback about the value and effectiveness of services provided by the association. This year, a web-based format will be used with the deadline to submit responses set for Friday, April 14.
Verma, Price support extending time frame for compliance with HCBS settings rule
The heads of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have issued a joint letter to U.S. governors saying they support extending the time frame for compliance with the home and community-based services (HCBS) settings rule. CMS Administrator Seema Verma and HHS Secretary Tom Price said in the letter that they support including more state involvement in assessment of settings compliance.
Help save lives: SDAHO joins campaign to register organ, eye and tissue donors
SDAHO is joining other hospital associations in the annual National Hospital Organ Donation Campaign sponsored by the Division of Transplantation, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This campaign challenges hospitals to educate employees, patients, visitors and the community about the crucial need for organ, eye and tissue donation
