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Panel urges CMS to abandon proposal to cut 340B payments

Federal News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP) recommended Monday that the agency drop plans to finalize...

SD BMOE notice of public hearing to adopt rules

State News
The South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners (SDBMOE) intends to adopt rules to address the following: clarify the timeframe for those individuals...

Long term care stakeholder work group meets for second time

State News
Last week, the Department of Human Services (DHS) facilitated the second meeting of the Long Term Care Stakeholder Work Group. The work group is...

Low volume adjustment expires October 1, 2017 with $5M South Dakota impact

Federal News
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) improved the low-volume adjustment for FYs 2011 and 2012, and MACRA extended the adjustment through the end of FY...

SD DSS holds informational webinars on Medicaid portal

State News
The South Dakota Department of Social Services, Office of Medical Services has announced the added ability to perform eligibility inquiries within the Medicaid Portal...

Coteau des Prairies Health System shares best practices

Member News
In 2016, Coteau des Prairies Health System in Sisseton completed a financial operational assessment as a part the of the Small Rural Hospital Transition...

Speculation continues about possible ACA legislation; CSR payments funded for August

Federal News
  While members of congress are away on recess, efforts are underway to try and revive legislation to repeal and replace portions of the Affordable...

Use safety when viewing solar eclipse

Quality News
Excitement is building for the much-anticipated total solar eclipse that will be passing over the United States on Monday August 21st, between 1:00pm –...

CHAD hosting education on NCQA primary care medical home standards

Education News
The Community Healthcare Association of the Dakotas (CHAD) is hosting an in-depth training on transforming practice using the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA)...

Cybersecurity Thought Leader to Address Conventioneers

Convention Spotlight
Mac McMillan, co-founder and CEO of CynergisTek, Inc., a top-ranked information security and privacy consulting firm focused on the health care IT industry, will...

Board of Nursing proposes changes to the unlicensed assistive personnel registry

State News
The South Dakota Board of Nursing is proposing changes to the ARSD Chapter to amend the definition section to include a registrant and add...

CMS proposes to cancel major bundled payment initiatives

Federal News
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed canceling two bundled payment models, the cardiac and expanded joint replacement models. The proposed rule,...

Veterans choice appropriations bill signed by the president

Federal News
President Trump signed into law the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 last week. The legislation provides $2.1 billion in funding to...

Hospice Compare goes live

Long Term Care News
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released Hospice Compare this week. The data published on the site represents data collected from October...

Southeast Tech adds education options to advance workforce efforts

Education News
Southeast Tech is offering a new option to attain a medical coding AAS degree as a hybrid program which is taught primarily online with...

Senate adjourns; uncertainty persists for CSR payments

Federal News
The Senate adjourned late last week for their August recess after proposals to repeal and partially replace the Affordable Care Act failed. However, uncertainty...

Health care workforce resource center launches!

Member News
As a result of strategic priorities, SDAHO has launched the South Dakota Health Care Workforce Resource Center to share information, tips and best practices...

CMS finalizes payment and quality rules for post-acute providers

Federal News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued three final rules outlining 2018 Medicare payment rates for skilled nursing facilities, hospice, and...

Explanation of special status calculation for Quality Payment Program (QPP)

Federal News
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has introduced new information on qpp.cms.gov that indicates whether clinicians have “special status” which would allow...

Final rule released for FY2018 Medicare inpatient payments (IPPS)

Federal News
On Aug. 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule to update the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS)...
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