Genworth Financial releases annual Cost of Care Survey
Genworth Financial, an insurance and financial planning company, recently released its annual 2017Â Cost of Care Survey, which uses survey results to inform long term...
Celebrate Healthcare Quality Week, October 15-21
Health care quality professionals serve in important roles within organizations. The National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) is recognizing quality professionals for their contributions...
Get vaccinated! Stopping the flu starts with you!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a survey that reveals an estimated 92% of hospital workers reported receiving a flu vaccine...
CHRONIC Care Act and RAISE Family Caregivers Act pass the Senate
While the majority of people were watching the updates on the Graham-Cassidy bill last week, the Senate was voting on other bills of interest...
CMS issues revised S-10 reporting instructions
CMS issued new and revised instructions for charity care and bad debt data reported by hospitals on worksheet S-10 of the Medicare Cost Report....
Thankfulness: Reflections of the 91th annual convention
Last week, more than 600 individuals came together in Rapid City to attend the Annual Convention. This year’s event had many important components, including...
New team members join SDAHO
We are pleased to announce that Kimberly Nelson will be joining our team as the new Manager, Communications and Education.
Kimberly has more than 16...
CMS seeks comments on new direction for CMMI
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a request for information seeking stakeholder input on potential new models that could be...
Opioid abuse advisory committee update
The fifth meeting of the Opioid Abuse Advisory Committee was held on September 13. The committee was developed to coordinate activities of a CDC...
Successful SDAHO PAC raffle drives overall fundraising past the $35k level!
The SDAHO PAC held its inaugural raffle drawing at the 91st Annual Convention in Rapid City last week. Scott Larson, Sr. Director, Sanford Canton-Inwood...
