Free webinar: Making Dialysis Safer for Patients: Tools to Prevent Infections in Hemodialysis
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition are holding a free webinar on preventing infections in the...
Join the livestream event for National Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Administration for Community Living (ACL), together with the National Coalition on Mental Health...
Applications being accepted for Music & Memory® program
Over the next two years, 55 South Dakota nursing homes will have the opportunity to receive national Music & Memory® certification, training and equipment...
Transparency is a component of CMS proposed 2019 IPPS rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 25 published its proposed inpatient prospective payment system rule (IPPS) for federal fiscal year...
SD Medicaid announces change to opioid prescription benefit
South Dakota Medicaid (Medicaid) recently announced changes to the prescription drug benefit regarding coverage of opioid prescriptions. In conjunction with the South Dakota Medicaid...
Catch the big one at the 31st Annual Walleye Classic
It’s time to create some big fish tales, reunite with old friends and establish new friendships at the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations...
FDA reports EpiPen shortage
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this week announced a shortage of EpiPens,, citing a manufacturing delay. EpiPens are the emergency treatment for...
Collaboration and payment on Rural Health Leaders Conference agenda
Healthcare is a volatile, uncertain, complex, and sometimes ambiguous endeavor, especially for those who care for vulnerable populations.
Join us at the Second Annual Rural...
Trump submits $15B spending cuts package
President Donald Trump has requested $15 billion in budget cuts across 14 different agencies using a budget process known as rescission, which will go...
Bill introduced to establish new rural medical center model
The Rural Emergency Medical Center (REMC) Act (H.R. 5678) was introduced in the U.S. House on Monday by Reps. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Ron Kind...
