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Open enrollment strong; ends December 15

Federal News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has reported higher than normal health plan enrollment numbers during the first two weeks of the...

National Rural Health Day

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Today is National Rural Health Day, and the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) joins with others to recognize over 60 million Americans...

Senate moves to include repeal of individual mandate

Federal News
Senate Republican leaders have proposed repealing the individual mandate as required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by incorporating a provision into the latest...

340B strategy has a “two-pronged” approach

Federal News
Litigation: On Monday, the American Hospital Association (AHA), along with five other Associations and hospitals filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court for...

Azar nominated as HHS secretary

Federal News
Yesterday President Trump nominated Alex Azar as the next Health and Human Services secretary, following Tom Price, M.D., who resigned on Sept. 29. Azar...

SDAHO supports Rounds’ IHS audit bill

Federal News
On Nov. 8 the Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing on U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds’ Indian Health Services (IHS) Assessment legislation, S.465. Sen....

Grant opportunity for hospice

Quality News
The Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health has issued a grant opportunity to improve individual and family outcomes through continuity...

Republicans release tax reform legislation

Federal News
Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, late last week. The...

South Dakota economic figures for October 2017

State News
The latest revenue figures, prior to the Governor’s budget address on December 5 through 4 months of FY18 actual ongoing receipts, were (-$8.3M) lower...

A celebration of the life and legacy of Larry Veitz

Member News
This past week the state of South Dakota and healthcare field lost a true friend and colleague, Larry Veitz, when he lost his life...

Verma speaks to Medicaid directors on vision to improve program

Federal News
At the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) Fall Conference in Arlington, Virginia, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma discussed...

House passes bill to extend CHIP, Medicaid DSH relief

Federal News
Last week the House voted to pass the Championing Healthy Kids Acts of 2017 (H.R.3922) that included a five-year extension of funding for the...

CMS adopts misguided policies

Long Term Care News
Despite strong opposition from SDAHO and America Hospital Association (AHA), and the majority of members in Congress, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services...

SDAHO Enterprises launches new online recruitment resource

Member News
SDAHO Enterprises would like to invite your facility to take advantage of our new online recruitment resource SDHospitalJobs.com. SDAHO has joined over twenty Hospital Associations in partnering...

Home health final rule released

Federal News
In the home health final rule released on Wednesday, CMS discontinued its plans to move forward with the home health groupings model, which would have resulted in...

Workforce housing study draft legislation proposed

State News
The third and final meeting of the Interim Summer Study for Workforce Housing met Thursday, October 26, 2017.  The committee was assigned the tasks...

Encourage patients, family, friends to quit smoking

Quality News
Smoking or using tobacco products is a major cause of cardiovascular disease, which leads to stroke or heart attacks. That’s why it’s critical that...

115th Congress works to advance important legislative issues

Federal News
The 115th Congress continues to work on a number of important legislative issues with plans to advance for consideration prior to the end of...

Second annual geriatrics symposium on dementia

Education News
The USD Sanford School of Medicine and the Alzheimer’s Association are sponsoring the second annual geriatrics symposium on Friday, November 10, 2017. The symposium...

Small-volume parenteral medication shortages require strategies for conservation

Quality News
AHA issued a quality advisory this week regarding the experiences of shortages of intravenous (IV) fluids that are critical to patient care. The national...
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