Updated: CMS proposes changes to empower patients and reduce administrative burden
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed changes to empower patients through better access to hospital price...
SDAHO supports Blue & Green Day
The staff at the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations donned blue and green attire in support of Donate...
Amazon and Xealth working on pilot project to provide health care products
Amazon and Providence are talking with a startup company called Xealth and at least two hospital networks about a...
Tax exempt bond issue of paramount importance
SDAHO and our national partners, AHA and LeadingAge, in concert with many other national organizations are urging House and...
Drug companies under fire for price increases
Pharmaceutical companies continue to raise the prices of prescription drugs at rates higher than inflation, according to two separate...
Amazon moves into online pharmacy business
It was announced last week that Amazon is purchasing PillPack, an online pharmacy that delivers drugs in pre-sorted packaging...
American Dental Association announces opioid policy
The American Dental Association has adopted a policy supporting certain statutory limits on opioid dosage and duration and mandatory...
Hospitals can apply for FY 2019 EHR hardship exception
Inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) that did not achieve meaningful use of electronic...
Support needed on Charitable Giving Tax Deduction Act
LeadingAge and Volunteers of America have sent a joint alert to their memberships on H.R. 5771, the Charitable Giving...
Nebraskans likely to vote on Medicaid expansion in November
More than 133,000 signatures have been gathered in support of a ballot initiative to authorize Medicaid expansion in Nebraska,...
