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2019 State Legislative Cracker Barrels and Legislative Coffees

State News
State Legislative Cracker Barrels and Legislative Coffees are being held around the state. SDAHO members are encouraged to meet with state legislators.  These events...

South Dakota Center for Nursing Workforce Symposium

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The South Dakota Center for Nursing Workforce is hosting a Symposium April 30th at the Hilton Garden Inn South in Sioux Falls. Keynote speaker...

New version of HQRP quality measure user’s manual now available

Quality News
CMS announced Version 3.00 of the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) Quality Measure (QM) User’s Manual is now available for download in PDF format....

Caregiver Toolkit for Oral Health

Long Term Care News
Caregiving often requires helping someone with oral healthcare. The Administration on Community Living (ACL) has developed a toolkit to help caregivers provide this assistance....

CMS to host call for clinical diagnostic laboratories to collect and report private payor rates

Education News
CMS will be hosting a call on Tuesday, January 22 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. CST for clinical diagnostic laboratories, including physician offices laboratories and...

Hospital Groups to Congress: Maintain Ban on Self-Referral to Physician-Owned Facilities

Federal News
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) sent a joint letter to Congress urging them to oppose any legislation...

Special Alert on Condition for Payment under the Home Health Benefit

Long Term Care News
Effective January 13, 2018, the “Plan of Care” (POC) Condition of Participation under 42 CFR 484.60 also became a Condition for Payment under the...

South Dakota Compass HIIN Hospitals Making a Difference

Quality News
The 42 South Dakota Compass HIIN Hospitals have been dedicated to improving quality, patient safety and value for their organizations. With the support and...

State Legislative Bill Watch

State News
Basic Session Statistics Week 1: Senate Bills introduced: 40 House Bills introduced:  44 Senate Concurrent Resolutions introduced: 3 House Concurrent Resolutions introduced: 0 Senate Resolutions introduced: 0 House Resolutions introduced:...

Federal Government Shutdown Update

Federal News
The House voted 240-188 to clear a spending bill that would reopen the Treasury Department and the IRS, in addition to other agencies. Eight...

House passed Medicaid Extenders Bill

Federal News
The House and the Senate passed the extensions late during the last session, but in different bills and they were never reconciled in conference...

New Opportunities for States to Better Serve Dual Eligibles

Federal News
On December 19th, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a letter to State Medicaid Directors outlining ten opportunities for...

Governor Noem State of the State Summary

State News
The 40-day legislative session began with Governor Noem’s State of the State address on Tuesday January 8. Governor Noem plans to deliver a special...

Caring for our Aging Population

Quality News
The number of older adults with complex needs is growing quickly while safe, effective and reliable care is a pressing need. Current health systems...

A new poll shows new Congress what to prioritize

Federal News
A new POLITICO-Harvard poll of US Adults found the top 5 areas where all respondents regardless of party tend to agree: reduce the federal...

The Federal Government still at an impasse

Federal News
This week, the Democrats took over the United States House of Representatives and elected Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. One of first...

US Health and Human Services is stepping up their cybersecurity assistance

Federal News
During the last few days of 2018 The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a 4 volume publication which lists...

December 2018 South Dakota Economic and Revenue Report

State News
SD Bureau of Finance and Management released the Economic and Revenue Update for December 2018. Overall highlights, include ongoing state general fund collections for FY...

Health Workforce State Profiles

Uncategorized
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA) released an updated U.S Health Workforce Chartbook in September 2018 that...

Hospice Data Analytics Webinar January 15

Education News
Home Health Care News and Optima Healthcare Solutions have teamed up to provide a webinar on Hospice Data Analytics - Mining for Gold. With...
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