South Dakota Medicaid Allows APPs to Enroll in Medicaid Primary Care Provider Program
​Effective November 1, 2020, South Dakota Medicaid will allow Advance Practice Professionals (APPs) to enroll with their own caseload in the Medicaid Primary Care...
Prescription Take-Back Day is Saturday October 29
The next Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Take-Back Day is Saturday October 29. It is an opportunity to safely dispose of unwanted prescription...
Legislative forums held in Sioux Falls and Aberdeen
SDAHO held legislative forums recently in Sioux Falls and Aberdeen. The discussions were engaging with participation from legislators, community and health care leaders. ...
South Dakota Medicaid updates billing requirements for rendering NPI and taxonomy
South Dakota Medicaid has made an update to billing requirements to always require the rendering (servicing) NPI and taxonomy for claims billed on a CMS 1500 claim form. The South Dakota Department of Social Services has received questions and feedback about the requirement for electronic submissions when the rendering provider information is the same as the billing provider information.
Beware of COVID Scam
On July 27 the South Dakota Department of Health Secretary, Malsam-Rysdon, issued a warning about a phone scam regarding COVID-19 testing. Scammers are targeting...
Coalition Features Resources and Best Practices to Support Medicaid Redetermination
In February 2023, South Dakota began processing redeterminations, a function it historically has carried out every month prior to the COVID pandemic. If a...
The South Dakota Legislature is gearing up for the 2019 session
On Dec. 3 at 8 a.m. the fifth and final meeting of the Access to Mental Health Services Study Committee will be held to...
Senate passes bill to establish South Dakota Board of Technical Education
A bill to establish the South Dakota Board of Technical Education and revise certain provisions regarding career and technical education and postsecondary technical institutes...
Additional Funding for State Apprenticeship Program Could Mean Workforce Help for the Healthcare Industry
Governor Kristi Noem office along with the SD Department of Labor and Regulations (DLR) released a press release earlier this week announcing additional funding for the...
Interim Legislative Studies Convened Aug 27 and Aug 29
Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 passed during the 2019 Legislation Session, to include five separate task forces. Two task forces met last week. 1) Leverage...
