South Dakota economic figures for October 2017
The latest revenue figures, prior to the Governor’s budget address on December 5 through 4 months of FY18 actual ongoing receipts, were (-$8.3M) lower...
A celebration of the life and legacy of Larry Veitz
This past week the state of South Dakota and healthcare field lost a true friend and colleague, Larry Veitz, when he lost his life...
Verma speaks to Medicaid directors on vision to improve program
At the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) Fall Conference in Arlington, Virginia, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma discussed...
House passes bill to extend CHIP, Medicaid DSH relief
Last week the House voted to pass the Championing Healthy Kids Acts of 2017 (H.R.3922) that included a five-year extension of funding for the...
CMS adopts misguided policies
Despite strong opposition from SDAHO and America Hospital Association (AHA), and the majority of members in Congress, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
SDAHO Enterprises launches new online recruitment resource
SDAHO Enterprises would like to invite your facility to take advantage of our new online recruitment resource SDHospitalJobs.com.
SDAHO has joined over twenty Hospital Associations in partnering...
Home health final rule released
In the home health final rule released on Wednesday, CMS discontinued its plans to move forward with the home health groupings model, which would have resulted in...
Workforce housing study draft legislation proposed
The third and final meeting of the Interim Summer Study for Workforce Housing met Thursday, October 26, 2017. The committee was assigned the tasks...
Encourage patients, family, friends to quit smoking
Smoking or using tobacco products is a major cause of cardiovascular disease, which leads to stroke or heart attacks. That’s why it’s critical that...
115th Congress works to advance important legislative issues
The 115th Congress continues to work on a number of important legislative issues with plans to advance for consideration prior to the end of...
