South Dakota MOST Form Now Available in Spanish
On March 27, 2019 Governor Noem signed into law Senate bill 118 to establish certain provisions regarding advance care...
New Better Choices Better Health Cancer Program
There have been exciting things happening in South Dakota around Cancer. Over the past five years the South Dakota...
Beware of COVID Scam
On July 27 the South Dakota Department of Health Secretary, Malsam-Rysdon, issued a warning about a phone scam regarding...
Medicaid Services Rate Increase Effective July 1
The General Appropriations Act provides a rate increase for most Medicaid services. Rate increases for Medicaid providers are effective...
Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations Reviews COVID Funding
The Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations (JCA), co-chaired by Rep. Chris Karr (R-Sioux Falls) and Sen. John Wiik (R-Big...
South Dakota Medicaid Special Payroll
On June 29, 2020 South Dakota Medicaid is processing a special payroll. Remittance advices from this payroll will be...
South Dakota Hospitals Make Big Impact on Patient Safety
Hot off the press is the Hospital Impact Report 2020 from Iowa Healthcare Collaborative (IHC). This report illustrates the...
SD Health Care Facilities are Economic Anchors in their Communities
In 2018 South Dakota hospitals and nursing homes treated 378,697 people in their emergency departments, provided 3,185,801 outpatient visits,...
State of South Dakota Back to Normal Long-Term Care Reopening Plan
The guidelines outlined in this plan to reopen our nursing home (NH) and assisted living center (ALC) communities is...
COVID-19 Impact on South Dakota Providers
SDAHO and Eide Bailly recently conducted a multi-phase project to evaluate economic damages of the COVID-19 pandemic on South...