November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
It’s about how you live. This is the theme for 2017 to celebrate National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. Hospice and palliative care programs...
No shortage of issues on radar of health care providers
Federal Legislative Calendar
October 23 is the beginning of a four-week work period. Both Houses are in this week, next week, and the week...
AHA releases opioid toolkit
Across the nation, health care providers are working to address the opioid crisis. The American Hospital Association this week released a toolkit to provide...
Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program accepting applications
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) has announced that it will be accepting applications for its Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program...
SDAHO Enterprises to provide class action settlement assistance
SDAHO Enterprises has entered into an Endorsed Business Program with Managed Care Advisory Group, LLC (MCAG) to offer members a class action settlement recovery...
LeadingAge’s CAST debuts tools on latest tech to aid older adults in social engagement
From LeadingAge, published on October 19, 2017
The LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) today announces the launch of its latest resource created to educate aging...
President Trump takes administrative action undermining the ACA
Late last week, President Trump brought forward executive action that threatens to undermine coverage provided under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The first was an...
Meeting held with officials from Indian Health Services
Recently, administrative leaders from the North Dakota Hospital Association (NDHA) and the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) met in Aberdeen with James...
Senate Special Committee on Aging holds hearing on disaster preparedness
In the wake of nursing home resident deaths following Hurricane Irma and pictures of Houston-area assisted living residents who were photographed sitting in waist-deep...
MACRA episode-based cost measures field testing project
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its contractor, Acumen, LLC, are conducting a field test for eight episode-based cost measures before...
