Executive assistant joins SDAHO team
Kallee Rydland joined the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) this week as the new executive assistant. In her position she will provide...
Klitzke named administrator of the SD Office of Rural Health
Andy Klitzke has been appointed to the position of administrator of the Office of Rural Health. Klitzke assumed his new role Monday.
Klitzke has been...
Tax reform work continues
The tax reform effort continues, regardless of the election results in Alabama. The committee is holding a public hearing today of the Tax Conference...
MedPAC releases 2019 payment updates
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has released draft recommendations on Medicare fee-for-service payment and policy changes, as required by law. These recommendations, directed...
Legislative forums spark health care discussions
Legislative forums continue this week with one held in Vermillion on Monday, followed by Sioux Falls on Tuesday. Thursday is the date slated for...
Shiozawa named HHS Region 8 director
The Trump administration has selected Dr. Brian Shiozawa, a Republican state senator from Utah, to serve as the regional director for the U.S. Department...
Congress works to complete government funding plan
President Trump signed a short-term continuing spending resolution (CR) last Friday, which funds the government through December 22. The CR allows time to determine...
AHA to hold Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in Arizona
Escape to sunny Arizona in February for the American Hospital Association Rural Health Care Leadership Conference. The conference will be held at the Arizona...
Nursing home CAUTI project published in JAMA
Long-term care facilities participating in a federal project led by the AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust reduced catheter-associated urinary tract infections by 54...
First legislative forum held in Pierre
A group including legislators and health care leaders gathered at Avera St. Mary’s Hospital in Pierre on Tuesday for the first of eight legislative...
