Open enrollment: Encouragement and assistance needed!
Health care coverage is an essential component of advancing healthy communities. Currently, more than 30,000 South Dakotans are enrolled in coverage through the health...
Legislative priorities post ACA
With the decision to abandon further efforts to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Congress is shifting their attention to...
HHS releases strategic plan draft; seeks input
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has provided a draft of its FY 2018 – 2022 Strategic Plan for comments. The draft is a...
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...
