South Dakota seeing season’s first flu cases
South Dakota health officials say the state is seeing its first influenza cases of the 2016-2017 season.
An influenza A case has been detected in...
Substance Abuse Prevention Committee proposes 4 bills
The Substance Abuse Interim Study introduced four bill drafts for the 2017 Legislative Session. The committee invited Melissa DeNoon, executive director of the South...
BMOE administrative rule changes to take effect Oct. 20
Administrative rule changes from the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners (BMOE) establishing standards for prescribing controlled substances for chronic, non-cancer pain...
Officials encourage practitioner participation in drug monitoring program
The director of the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program is encouraging practitioners to sign up for an account in PMP...
SDAHO seeks Improvement Advisor – RN
The South Dakota Association of Health Care Organizations (SDAHO) is seeking an Improvement Advisor – RN. The position, reporting to the Director, Quality Integration,...
AHA: Study finds 38 percent rise in inpatient drug costs
A new study from the University of Chicago’s NORC has found that inpatient hospital drug costs per admission increased by more than 38 percent...
LeadingAge offering seminar on CMS Requirements of Participation
LeadingAge experts are offering an overview of a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) final rule revising the current Requirements of Participation for nursing...
CMS removing SSNs from Medicare cards
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be removing social security numbers from all Medicare cards to lessen seniors’ vulnerability to identity...
Nursing home administrators asked to complete Medicaid payment methodologies survey
The Legislative Summer Study Committee reviewing Medicaid payment methodologies is asking that the South Dakota Department of Social Services (SD DSS) analyze changes to...
Updated HIPAA security risk analysis tool
The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT and the Office for Civil Rights recently posted an updated HIPAA security risk analysis tool....
