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HHS awards $293 million to expand primary health care workforce

Federal News
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) on Oct. 18 announced $293 million in awards to primary...

Free webinar offered on health care governance

Education News
On Nov. 1 from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. CDT a free webinar is available on health care governance in today’s challenging environment. Learning objectives...

President signs opioid bill

Federal News
President Trump on Oct. 24 signed into law a sweeping 660-page bipartisan opioid package, H.R. 6 (115), that bundles dozens of bills aimed at...

FDA considers ban on flavored cigars

Federal News
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is scaling up efforts to fight youth tobacco addiction with potential regulation that would ban all flavored cigars....

LeadingAge launches Center for Managed Care Solutions and Innovations

Long Term Care News
To help members better understand alternative payment models, LeadingAge has launched a new website resource to help address concerns, as well as enable members...

Don’t be a dealer, turn in unused prescriptions Oct. 27

Quality News
The 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration, will take place Oct. 27. The event is an opportunity...

Demographics dashboard now available on HRSA website

Data News
The Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) has added a demographics dashboard to their data website, data.hrsa.gov. The...

HealthCare.gov hacked, customer privacy breached

Federal News
Customer privacy on a key Obamacare enrollment portal, HealthCare.gov, was hacked in the past week, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...

County health rankings report released by RWJ Foundation

Data News
Does where a person live influence health? Research shows the answer to that question is yes. The Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation, in collaboration...

New tools available for infection control

Quality News
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have made available free, downloadable Quick...

Advance care planning group launches website

State News
In order to meet South Dakota’s needs for advance care planning (ACP), in 2015 the University of South Dakota’s Department of Nursing assembled an...

New skilled nursing facility cost comparison report available

Long Term Care News
CliftonLarsonAllen, a LeadingAge partner, analyzed data from 2017 and found that nursing homes with the best financial performance averaged operating margins of 5 percent,...

Updated MedPAC Payment Basics series now available

Federal News
MedPAC announced the release of the updated 2018 Medicare Payment Basics series. View the documents in the series, which provide an overview of 20...

Anthem agrees to pay $16M for data breach

Federal News
Anthem, the second largest health insurer in the nation, has agreed to pay the Department of Health and Human Services a record $16 million...

South Dakota nursing homes are rated best in the nation

State News
When it comes to picking an excellent nursing home, look no further than South Dakota. According to information compiled and released by FamilyAssets, an...

Support needed for CNA lock-out legislation

Federal News
A bill introduced Sept. 28 by Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) to end the mandatory certified nurse assistant (CNA) training lockout for skilled nursing facilities...

State revenue $5.5M higher than estimated for September 2019

State News
The general fund receipt report released by the South Dakota Bureau of Finance and Management shows through the first three months of fiscal year...

Don’t be a statistic: Get a flu shot

Quality News
The 2017–18 flu season was one of the most severe in decades. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that more than...

VA changes Aid and Attendance benefit

Federal News
Starting Oct. 18, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will review not just current assets, but records from the previous three years when...

CMS proposes rule to require manufacturers to disclose drug prices

Federal News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a rule (CMS-4187) that will require prescription drug manufacturers to disclose in television ads...
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