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South Dakota MOST Webinar Recording Now Available

State News
On March 27, 2019 Governor Noem signed into law Senate bill 118 to establish certain provisions regarding advance care planning and allow the execution...

Interim Legislative Studies Convened Aug 27 and Aug 29

State News
Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 passed during the 2019 Legislation Session, to include five separate task forces. Two task forces met last week. 1) Leverage...

Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Information Addressed in Proposed Rules

Federal News
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released two proposed rules last week about the confidentiality of substance use disorder (SUD) patient information....

Philip Health Services Adding Units and Renovating Nursing Home

Member News
Philip Health Services (PHS) will receive funding of $4,999,000 to expand and improve its nursing home. PHS will use the federal funding along with...

Breaking the Stigma

Convention Spotlight
Join us at the convention on Thursday afternoon where Tony Hoffman, a Former BMX Elite Pro and a 2016 Rio Olympic Games Coach, shares...

SDAHO PAC Beats Last Year’s Contribution Total

Member News
The SDAHO PAC Fundraising Campaign has surpassed last years contributions at $36,617. Thank you to everyone that has contributed! Contributions can be made until...

Pierre Rural Family Medicine Residency Program to Start in September

State News
The South Dakota State Legislature approved funding for the Pierre Rural Family Medicine Residency program (PRFMR), the program is overseen by the Center for...

Rural Health Task Force Comments for Policy Solutions

Federal News
With response to mounting challenges in access to rural healthcare, the administration, Congress, and other stakeholders have proposed a variety of competing solutions. Yet...

CMS Enhancement of Hospital Star Ratings

Quality News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ​this week their intentions to release hospital star ratings located on the Hospital Compare website in early...

Starting Jan 1 Medicare Claims Must Use MBIs

Federal News
In 2018 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) removed Social Security number-based Health Insurance Claim Numbers (HICNs) from Medicare cards and is...

SDAHO Invites Dr. Jessica Zitter to Speak at the Hallmarks of an Effective Post Acute Care Network Physician Event

Education News
Dr. Jessica Zitter, MD, MPH practices ICU and Palliative Care at the county hospital in Oakland, California. She is the author of Extreme Measures:...

South Dakota’s tax receipts $5.7M less than expected

State News
The State of South Dakota general fund receipt report through 1 month, total actual ongoing receipts were $5.7M less than the original adopted FY2020...

MOST Webinar

Education News
Join us on Thursday, August 22 at 1pm CST for an overview of the new South Dakota MOST (Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment)...

PAC Going Strong

Member News
The SDAHO PAC Fundraising Campaign has received contributions totaling over $36,000. We are very close to surpassing last year's total! Contributions can be made until the...

Bridging the Generational Gap in the Workplace

Convention Spotlight
Kicking off this year's convention will be a session will be Alicia Rainwater. Alicia is a Certified Keynote Speaker at The Center for Generational...

Final Rule Released for FY 2020 Long-term Acute-care Hospital Prospective Payment System

Federal News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a final rule to update the Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) prospective payment system (PPS) for...

IPPS Final Rule Released for Fiscal Year 2020

Federal News
On August 2, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final federal fiscal year (FFY) 2020 payment rule for the...

Upcoming August Meetings for Mental Health Task Force Scheduled

State News
Senate Concurrent Resolution 2, passed during the 2019 Legislation Session, included task forces to examine: Reduce the Overall Use of Acute Mental Health Hospitalizations Reduce the...

The Neighborhoods at Brookview Ranks as the Only Perfect Five-Star Nursing Home in South Dakota

Long Term Care News
Brookings, S.D. – Aug. 15, 2019 – New quality data recently issued on Nursing Home Compare ranks The Neighborhoods at Brookview as the only...

Jan. 1 MACs to Accept Appropriate Use Claims Modifiers

Federal News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) should begin, effective Jan. 1, 2020, accepting the Healthcare...
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