The Latest News From SDAHO

SDAHO Partners with Office of Rural Health

SDAHO and the South Dakota Office of Rural Health (SD ORH) joined together to provide the first CART Bootcamp​ for the 38 Critical Access...

Healthcare Staffing and Recruiting Services

CHG Healthcare provides temporary physician coverage across all 50 states. CHG began in 1979 when a physician at the University of Utah developed the...

GOAC Requests Update on Additional Funding to Nursing Homes

The Government Operations & Audit Committee’s Chair Sen. Ryan Maher has invited the Cabinet Secretary Rechtenbaugh of the Department of Human Services to the...

Drug Take Back Day

The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue. According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug...

Deadline for DDE renewal – Extended to November 15th

Each year Medicare providers are required to recertify their Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) Direct Data Entry (DDE) user access. CGS J15 planned to...

LearningHub Webinar: Cybersecurity in Aging Services

LeadingAge is offering a webinar on Cybersecurity Risk Management in Aging Services to members ($99) and nonmembers ($198) on Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 1-2...

Reminder to Home Health Agencies to Create a QIES Account

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is reminding home health agencies to create an account and establish credentials for the new Quality...

Free PEPPER Comparative Billing Report

The RELI Group, along with its partners TMF Health Quality Institute and CGS, is contracted with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...

Don’t miss the upcoming education!

Are you ready for the revised discharge planning regulations effective November 29, 2019? ​Join the webinar, Discharge Planning: Compliance with the New CMS Hospital &...

Leading Age Capitol Hill Insights Call

There is a lot of action going on in Congress and LeaadingAge wants you to know the latest scoop on what is happening and...

South Dakota’s tax receipts $2.6M higher than expected

The State of South Dakota general fund receipt report through 3 months, total actual ongoing receipts were $2.6 million higher than the legislature’s revised...

SDAHO Endorsed Business Partner: Focus One Solutions Attained by Medical Solutions

Medical Solutions, one of the nation’s largest healthcare staffing companies, announced it has closed the deal on its acquisition of Omaha-based staffing and recruitment...

United Against the Flu

Influenza (“the flu”) is a serious respiratory disease caused by influenza viruses that can cause mild to severe illness. Seasonal flu activity can begin...

AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Award

The AHA is accepting nominations through Nov. 25 for its 2020 Dick Davidson NOVA Award​, which recognizes outstanding collaboration by hospitals and health systems...

Top 10 Health Technology Hazards

ECRI Institute released its version of 2020's Top 10 list of health technology hazards  to inform healthcare facilities about important safety issues involving the use of medical...

New Discharge Planning Rules Effective Nov 2019

On September 30, 2019, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule ​revising the discharge planning requirements that Hospitals (including...

Upcoming Fall Education

Mark your calendars for the upcoming educational offering by SDAHO. Tuesday, October 15th 9:30-10:30am CST – An Effective Approach to Coding and Compliance Auditing and...

HHS Proposed Changes for Physician Self-referral, Anti-kickback Regulations

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services recently released proposed revisions to the federal anti-kickback and physician self-referral (Stark law) rules. These revisions...

SDAHO Hosts First Annual Physician Education Event

On October 7, 2019, SDAHO successfully hosted its first annual Hallmarks of a Successful Post-Acute Care Network physician education event. This conference was geared...

South Dakota Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Update

The South Dakota Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (SD PDMP) has partnered with Appriss Health to integrate SD PDMP data into South Dakota electronic health...

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