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Skilled nursing facility performance reports available for review

Long Term Care News
Annual performance score reports for the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program (SNF VBP), which begins Oct. 1, are now accessible via the Certification...

Deadline extended for Quality Excellence Award applications

Quality News
The application deadline for the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organization’s second annual Quality Excellence Awards has been extended to Aug. 24. The Quality Excellence...

South Dakota’s tax receipts higher than expected

State News
The State of South Dakota general fund receipt report, released last week, shows the most recent month-end and year-to-date receipts in all major categories...

Avera to host palliative care and ethics symposium

Member News
Avera Health will be holding a day-long event at the Sioux Falls Best Western Ramkota on Nov. 6 addressing current and emerging palliative care...

Convention app now available for download

Convention Spotlight
Attending the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organization annual convention? There is an app for that! The convention app is now available for download for...

Smith hired as CEO of Faulkton Area Medical Center

Member News
Dirkland T. Smith has been selected as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and administrator of the Faulkton Area Medical Center. Smith will start Aug....

LeadingAge partner BKD offers call-in opportunities to discuss PDPM

Long Term Care News
LeadingAge partner BKD is helping skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) prepare for the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) by offering three opportunities to join a Q&A...

Revised CMS fact sheet for Advance Care Planning now available

Long Term Care News
An Advance Care Planning (ACP) fact sheet, dated June 2018, is now available from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Learning...

New mental health training tool available for LeadingAge members

Long Term Care News
The Leading Age Learning Hub, which was launched this summer, now has a free video series on mental health. Take advantage of this opportunity...

Join Sen. Rounds on telephone townhall today

State News
Sen. Mike Rounds will be holding a toll-free telephone townhall today, Aug. 15, at 7:55 p.m. CT. During the event Sen. Rounds will take...

Daugaard fills three legislative vacancies

State News
Gov. Dennis Daugaard has filled three vacancies in the South Dakota State Legislature in advance of the special legislative session he called to consider...

Electronic visit verification implementation delayed

Federal News
On July 30 legislation was passed (H.R. 6042) to amend Section 1903(l) of the Social Security Act to delay the timeline by one year...

CMS proposes changes to Medicare Shared Savings Program

Federal News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would make changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP)...

CMS to provide hospital-specific reports for preview

Federal News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will provide confidential, hospital-specific reports on two disparity methods that assess hospital performance for patients with...

Doctor’s orders: Go play in the park

State News
The trend for doctors to prescribe physical activity is sweeping the nation and South Dakota is onboard with a program called Park Rx. The...

Listening session scheduled for Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule

Federal News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has scheduled a listening session on three provisions included in the proposed Physician Fee Schedule rule change,...

Registration open for Medicare Bootcamp

Education News
The South Dakota Healthcare Financial Management Association and the South Dakota Office of Rural Health are hosting a HCPro Medicare Boot Camp, an intensive...

Birk joins SDAHO team

Member News
Stacie Birk has joined the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDHAO) as a staff accountant. She will be assisting with accounting and business...

OIG releases report on Medicare hospice program

Long Term Care News
After completing a review of the Medicare hospice program, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services...

Hearing scheduled to consider new insurance rules

State News
The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation, Division of Insurance will hold a public hearing on Aug. 29 at 10 a.m. (CDT) to...
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