The Latest News From SDAHO

The SDAHO PAC Fundraising Campaign has received contributions totaling just under $25,000 so far. There are just two weeks left for the facility goal deadline of August 1. Facilities that meet their goal by this...

CMS is notifying Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) and Hospice providers that are non-compliant with the Quality Reporting Program (QRP) beginning July 16th. Receipt of such a letter indicates those providers failed to meet the reporting requirements of...

The public comment period is now open for the draft report, Recommendations for Improving the Core Sets of Health Care Quality Measures for Medicaid and CHIP: Summary of a Multi-Stakeholder Review of the 2020...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released guidance on Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) and the Born-Alive Infant ​Protection Act. ​EMTALA requires Medicare participating hospitals (including critical access hospitals) to perform the...

South Dakota’s actual sales and use tax receipts ended FY19 ($9.9M) lower than South Dakota legislative revised projections. Total ongoing receipts were ($4.4M) lower. This was offset by one-time FY19 receipts being $6.7M higher...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan recently announced the formation of the Quality Summit (QS), which will bring together key industry stakeholders and government leaders to discuss how current...

Senate Concurrent Resolution 2, passed during the 2019 Legislation Session, included a task forces to examine: Redefine Nursing Home Criteria and Build Capacity How to redefine Human Service Center (HSC) nursing home admission criteria and build...

According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, in 2017, nursing assistants had the fourth highest incidence rate of injury and illness due to musculoskeletal disorders among all occupations. These injuries resulted in the...

SDAHO is currently reviewing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ calendar year (CY) 2020 proposed rule for the home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS)​ expect a summary brief and impact analysis in...

The SDAHO PAC Fundraising Campaign is underway and has received contributions that exceed $24,000 so far. The campaign includes target dates of August 1 (facility goals), and  concludes on December 31, 2019. The goal...

Effective July 1, 2019, medical providers in South Dakota and their patients who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness will be able to translate their treatment goals and preferences into actionable medical orders,...

Prevention is key to prevent opioid abuse and overdose. Following up on a previous SDAHO article called Avoid Opioid Initiative, we want to highlight the work occurring in South Dakota on Prevention. The South...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting requests from inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) to settle appeals that were filed for redetermination with their Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) no later than Aug....

Please consider contributing to the SDAHO PAC. Help the association; find, vet, recruit and financially support pro-health care, pro-business candidates get elected. The campaign kicked off in May and has received contributions that exceed...

On July 1, the use of e-cigarettes or other vaping products will become illegal in almost all South Dakota workplaces and public buildings, including bars, restaurants and casinos. After a relatively quick and quiet debate,...

The South Dakota Legislature was active during this last legislative session working to resolve issues related to health care. The summer interim studies are slowly rolling out their schedules with the first round of...

Governor Kristi Noem announced that Laurie Gill will serve as Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS). She will begin serving in this capacity on July 9, 2019. “Laurie is committed to...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a very common virus; about one in four people are currently infected in the United States. ​From 2001 to 2014, 4,719 cancers diagnosed in South Dakota were in a...

The South Dakota Department of Health recently announced beginning on July 1, 2019, all new Controlled Substance Registry applications and renewal registrations, verifications, and changes to an existing registration, will be completed...

From Rick Pollack, President and CEO of the American Hospital Association. The AHA appreciates the Administration’s efforts to promote health care transparency on price and quality, and looks forward...