AHRQ helps nursing homes tackle antimicrobial stewardship
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has created an Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide to help nursing homes improve antibiotic use and decrease harms...
CMS issues CY 2017 final rule for home health PPS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the calendar year 2017 final rule for the home health prospective payment system (PPS).
The...
Organizations team up for United Against the Flu campaign
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and several other health care organizations are teaming up with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to...
Regional Health breaks ground on new clinic in Sturgis
Regional Health has broken ground on a new $10.2 million clinic in Sturgis.
The Sturgis Regional Medical Clinic, being built on the Sturgis Regional Hospital...
Moratorium legislative committee moving forward on 5 bills
The Regulation on Nursing and Assisted Living Beds Study moved forward on five bills for introduction to the full legislature during the interim committee's...
AHA offering MACRA webinar
The American Hospital Association is holding a MACRA Webinar titled "The New Medicare Physician Payment System: What hospitals and their clinician partners need to...
AHA launches MACRA 101 video series
The American Hospital Association (AHA) on Thursday launched the first two installments of its MACRA 101 video series to educate hospitals, clinicians and trustees...
Gale named administrator of Scotland’s Landmann-Jungman Memorial Hospital
Melissa Gale has been named the new administrator of Landmann-Jungman Memorial Hospital in Scotland.
Gale, who is originally from Chadron, Nebraska, earned her Bachelors in...
SDAHO offers perspective on 2 ballot measures
With election day fast approaching and the national races capturing most of the headlines, it’s important to remember that South Dakotans will be asked...
Payment Methodologies for Medicaid Providers Interim Study meets
The Payment Methodologies for Medicaid Providers Interim Study reconvened for its fourth and final meeting on Oct. 25.
The committee began with discussions on...
