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Associate Member Spotlight – EAPC Architects Engineers

Member Spotlight
This week’s Associate Member Spotlight is on EAPC Architects Engineers. We visited with Marketing Director Lori Bakken to learn more about EAPC. Describe what service(s)...

South Dakota hospitals making great strides in quality improvement

Quality News
Tom Evans, MD, from the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) joined the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations Board of Trustees last week for a...

Affordable housing for older generation featured in LeadingAge Magazine

Long Term Care News
The recent issue of Leading Age Magazine has an overall theme of “Meeting the Challenge of Affordable Housing” and focuses on the challenge, models...

Rural Health Leaders Conference will feature social determinants of health expert

SDAHO Events
Chris Espersen, a leading expert on the social determinants of health (SDH), will speak on June 13 at the Rural Health Leaders Conference. Espersen’s...

CMS seeking input on Durable Medical Equipment Interim Final Rule

Federal News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking comments on an interim final rule that increases payments to suppliers for some durable...

Updated Hospice Compare information now available; free webinar for hospice providers

Long Term Care News
The May 2018 quarterly Hospice Compare quality data is now available. It is based on Hospice Item Set (HIS) quality measure results from data...

AHA webinar, calls on CMS proposed payment rules for FY 2019

Federal News
The American Hospital Association (AHA) will host a number of webinars and calls on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ recent proposed payment...

Thune introduces “tele-health” legislation to tackle substance abuse

Federal News
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) introduced the Expanding Telehealth Response to Ensure Addiction Treatment (e-TREAT) Act on Tuesday. Thune, who is a member of the...

VA health care legislation barrelling forward

Federal News
Sweeping legislation, the VA Mission Act of 2018 (H.R.5674), to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and improve health care services for millions...

Opioid legislation continues to move through Congress

Federal News
Congress continues to work on integrating a package of diverse ideas and resources into legislation aimed at addressing the opioid epidemic in the country....

South Dakota v. Wayfair decision expected by late June; no movement from Congress

Federal News
The U.S. Supreme Court is nearing a ruling in a case that could completely change the way states tax online commerce. A decision is...

Legislation announced to expand coverage for long-term care

Federal News
A draft bill to expand Medicare coverage released by Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) calls for the creation of cash-based “Qualified Individual Long-Term Care Benefit...

SDAHO releases Medicare IPPS Proposed Rule Impact Analysis for FY 2019

Federal News
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) recently released the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule Impact Analysis for FY 2019....

The changing landscape and future of health care

Federal News
As health care providers in South Dakota and across the nation know all too well, the field of health care is undergoing transformational change! Many...

Farm bill fails in House

Federal News
The House today in a 198-213 vote rejected the 2018 farm bill, H.R. 2. Thirty Republicans joined every Democrat in voting against the measure. Democrats...

#HAVhope: Hospitals band together to end violence

Awareness
Violence has become one of the major public health and safety issues throughout the country. Within the walls of our health care facilities, violence...

Associate Member Spotlight – Dougherty & Company LLC

Member Spotlight
The featured Associate Member this week is Dougherty & Company LLC.  David Juran, Executive Vice President, provided the following information. What services do Dougherty &...

CMS announces Rural Health Strategy

Federal News
For the first time ever, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has adopted an official Rural Health Strategy to provide a proactive...

National summit leads to dementia recommendations

Long Term Care News
Participants in the Research Summit on Dementia Care, held in October 2017, have recommended nearly 700 new strategies for understanding dementia, working toward a...

National Skilled Nursing Care Week honors staff, residents and families

Long Term Care News
National Skilled Nursing Care Week, which is May 13-19, is a time to acknowledge the role skilled nursing care centers have in caring for...
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