Coming soon: Federal issues brief and legislative summary
The Council on Public Policy met recently to review and discuss two important South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organization reports. The first, a summary...
2018 Farm Bill introduced
Representative Kristi Noem announced that the 2018 Farm Bill, also known as the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, was introduced in the U.S....
Senate committee fine-tunes Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP), led by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), held its seventh...
Register now for Continuing Care Conference, April 25 & 26
Registration for the South Dakota Association for Healthcare Organizations annual Continuing Care Conference on April 25 and 26 is closing in. The conference will...
Hospitals show improvement in Patient & Family Engagement
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations has 42 South Dakota hospitals participating in the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HIIN),...
Hoffman joins SD Office of Rural Health
Michelle Hoffman joined South Dakota’s Office of Rural Health (ORH) as the Rural Hospital Program Coordinator in March 2018. Hoffman will oversee the Medicare...
What hospitals of the future look like
The Wall Street Journal published an interesting article discussing what the hospitals of the future may look like - noting the strong influence of...
340B lawsuit hearing scheduled for May 4; plaintiffs seek preliminary injunction
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and other litigants have filed a final reply brief urging a federal appeals court to find that they are...
State tax receipts match legislative estimates
The general fund receipt report, released earlier this week, shows the most recent month-end and year-to-date receipts in all major categories for the state...
U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on sales tax case
The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for April 17 in South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc., moving the case closer to a decision...
