Senate Finance Committee holds hearing on rural health care
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on May 24 entitled “Rural Health Care in America: Challenges and Opportunities.” The hearing featured testimony from...
Workforce report: Dramatic increase in need for long term care workers
The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis published a March 2018 report focusing on occupations in long-term services and supports (LTSS) including nursing assistants,...
Associate Member Spotlight – EAPC Architects Engineers
This week’s Associate Member Spotlight is on EAPC Architects Engineers. We visited with Marketing Director Lori Bakken to learn more about EAPC.
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South Dakota hospitals making great strides in quality improvement
Tom Evans, MD, from the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) joined the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations Board of Trustees last week for a...
Affordable housing for older generation featured in LeadingAge Magazine
The recent issue of Leading Age Magazine has an overall theme of “Meeting the Challenge of Affordable Housing” and focuses on the challenge, models...
Rural Health Leaders Conference will feature social determinants of health expert
Chris Espersen, a leading expert on the social determinants of health (SDH), will speak on June 13 at the Rural Health Leaders Conference. Espersen’s...
CMS seeking input on Durable Medical Equipment Interim Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking comments on an interim final rule that increases payments to suppliers for some durable...
Updated Hospice Compare information now available; free webinar for hospice providers
The May 2018 quarterly Hospice Compare quality data is now available. It is based on Hospice Item Set (HIS) quality measure results from data...
AHA webinar, calls on CMS proposed payment rules for FY 2019
The American Hospital Association (AHA) will host a number of webinars and calls on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ recent proposed payment...
Thune introduces “tele-health” legislation to tackle substance abuse
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) introduced the Expanding Telehealth Response to Ensure Addiction Treatment (e-TREAT) Act on Tuesday. Thune, who is a member of the...
