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Leadership and Resiliency: Navigating Through and Beyond COVID-19

The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations, in partnership with more than 30 state hospital and healthcare associations, is excited to present a virtual...

NHPCO Virtual Conference, July 22-23, 2020

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) know...

Additional Federal Funding for Providers

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on June 9, a $25B payment to go to safety net hospitals and other health...

Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Gov. Kristi Noem has proclaimed June 15, Elder Abuse Awareness Day (EAAD) in South Dakota. EAAD provides an opportunity for communities to promote a...

Leadership & Resiliency: Navigating Through & Beyond COVID-19

The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations, in partnership with more than 30 state hospital and healthcare associations, is excited to present a virtual...

SDAHO Enterprise COVID-19 Resources

To meet member needs in response to the COVID-19 crisis, SDAHO Enterprises has compiled a COVID-19 Resources List of companies offering solutions to resulting operational and...

CMS to Post COVID-19 Data to Nursing Home Compare

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released more changes for the Nursing Homes. On June 2, CMS Administrator, Seema Verma, provided more...

Medicaid Flexibilities Extended to December 30, 2020

The South Dakota Department of Social Services announced on May 28, the extension of previously issued Executive Orders for South Dakota (2020-07 and 2020-16)....

Hospice Provider Preview Reports Now Available

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospice Items Set (HIS) provider preview reports and Hospice Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems...

Implementing and Expanding Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring in SD

The South Dakota Department of Health – Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program is accepting applications from healthcare facilities to implement or improve upon...

Palliative Care State Reports

The Center to Advance Palliative Care’s (CAPC) new state-level reports provide information about palliative care access in each state, along with recommendations to improve it. Each...

South Dakota Receives $1.25 Billion in COVID-19 Relief Aid

Earlier this month the state of South Dakota received $1.25 billion from the federal government to aid in COVID-19 related relief, called the Coronavirus...

Rural Health Leaders: Spotlight Speaker

Join Rural Health Leaders virtually on June 10 and 11. Hear from speaker, Nancy Ruzicka, on current regulations for emergency preparedness for hospitals and...

Maximize your Workforce with FREE Basic Care Aide Training

LeadingAge offers a 9-hour online training tool, developed by EduCare©, to provide skills needed to ensure individuals are well-prepared to work as a Basic...

Webinar-340B Discount Card Innovation Targeting the Uninsured

How can you utilize your 340B Pharmacy program to help the uninsured in your community? How is this vulnerable population unique and well suited for...

Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations Discusses COVID Funding

The Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations (JCA), co-chaired by Rep. Chris Karr (R-Sioux Falls) and Sen. John Wiik (R-Big Stone City), held its first...

Community Health and Hospitals Against Violence

Community Health Improvement (CHI) Week is June 1-5 and celebrates people coming together to create healthier communities which has never been more important than now....

Executive Order 2020-26 Medicaid Flexibilities

In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency Governor Noem issued Executive Order 2020-07 on March 23, 2020 and 2020-16 on April 15, 2020...

CMS Issues Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Policies for Contract Year 2021

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule updating Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D programs for contract year 2021. In...

HHS Extends Deadline for Providers to Accept Terms and Conditions for Provider Relief Fund

The U.S. Department of Health and Human services (HHS) has extended the deadline until July 9 for providers to accept the terms and conditions and...

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