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Convention Registration Now Open

Convention Spotlight August 1, 2019

Registration for the annual convention is now available. Please click here to register online. This year meals and snacks are included in the registration...

Less than 1 Week Left to Reach facility Goals

Member News July 26, 2019

The SDAHO PAC Fundraising Campaign has received contributions totaling just over $27,000 so far. There is less than 1 week left until the facility goal...

Home Health & Hospice Providers FISS DDE User ID Annual Recertification

Long Term Care News July 26, 2019

Each year, Medicare providers are required to recertify their Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) Direct Data Entry (DDE) user access. September 30, 2019 is the...

Merritt Hawkins 2019 Recruiting Incentive Review Available

SDAHO Enterprises July 26, 2019

Merritt Hawkins, an endorsed business partner of SDAHO, has completed its 2019 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives. Now in its 26th year,...

JCA Receives FY2019 Updates and FY2020 Revenue Projections

State News July 25, 2019

The Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations (JCA) held their second meeting of the 2019 interim on Monday, July 22. The Interim JCA, co-chaired by...

South Dakota Infectious Disease Interactive Dashboard

State News July 24, 2019

South Dakota Department of Health (SD DOH) now has an interactive dashboard for infectious diseases and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination maps displaying state specific...

Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report

Federal News July 23, 2019

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

NADSA Annual Conference to be Held in Minneapolis in October

Long Term Care News July 23, 2019

The National Adult Day Services Association (NADSA) will be hosting its 2019 Annual Conference in Minneapolis this year. The Adult Day Services program is...

CMS Releases Two New Rules

Federal News July 22, 2019

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted two new rules on Tuesday related to Nursing Home. The first is a proposed rule on changes to...

South Dakota Nursing Facility Regulation Report Now Posted

Long Term Care News July 22, 2019

The Nursing Facility Regulation Report has been updated and is posted on the South Dakota Department of Health website. The purpose of this report is...

SNF and Hospice Providers Non-Compliance Letters

Long Term Care News July 18, 2019

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...

Public Comment Open: Child and Adult Core Sets of Quality Measures for Medicaid and CHIP

Quality News July 17, 2019

The public comment period is now open for the draft report, Recommendations for Improving the Core Sets of Health Care Quality Measures for Medicaid...

CMS Guidance on EMTALA and Born-Alive Infant Protection Action

Federal News July 17, 2019

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...

South Dakota FY19 Ends with $19.4M Surplus

State News July 17, 2019

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....

HHS Announces Formation of Quality Summit

Federal News July 17, 2019

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...

Agendas Announced for Mental Health Task Force Meetings

CMS Releases CY 2020 Home Health PPS Proposed Rule

Federal News July 15, 2019

SDAHO is currently reviewing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ calendar year (CY) 2020 proposed rule for the home health (HH) prospective payment...

South Dakota MOST

State News July 11, 2019

Effective July 1, 2019, medical providers in South Dakota and their patients who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness will be able to...

Opioid Prevention in Communities, Youth, and Higher Education

Quality News June 28, 2019

Prevention is key to prevent opioid abuse and overdose. Following up on a previous SDAHO article called Avoid Opioid Initiative, we want to highlight...

CMS Announces Voluntary Appeals Settlement Options for IRFs

Federal News June 28, 2019

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting requests from inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) to settle appeals that were filed for redetermination...

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