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Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program accepting applications

Federal News
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) has announced that it will be accepting applications for its Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program...

SDAHO Enterprises to provide class action settlement assistance

Member News
SDAHO Enterprises has entered into an Endorsed Business Program with Managed Care Advisory Group, LLC (MCAG) to offer members a class action settlement recovery...

LeadingAge’s CAST debuts tools on latest tech to aid older adults in social engagement

Member News
From LeadingAge, published on October 19, 2017 The LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) today announces the launch of its latest resource created to educate aging...

President Trump takes administrative action undermining the ACA

Federal News
Late last week, President Trump brought forward executive action that threatens to undermine coverage provided under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The first was an...

Meeting held with officials from Indian Health Services

Member News
Recently, administrative leaders from the North Dakota Hospital Association (NDHA) and the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) met in Aberdeen with James...

Senate Special Committee on Aging holds hearing on disaster preparedness

Federal News
In the wake of nursing home resident deaths following Hurricane Irma and pictures of Houston-area assisted living residents who were photographed sitting in waist-deep...

MACRA episode-based cost measures field testing project

Quality News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its contractor, Acumen, LLC, are conducting a field test for eight episode-based cost measures before...

Physician Compare preview period is coming soon

Quality News
On October 18, the Physician Compare 30-day preview period officially opened. Clinicians and physician groups have the opportunity to preview their 2016 performance information...

Know your pharmacist, know your medicine

Quality News
To celebrate October as American Pharmacists Month,  the Center for Disease Control (CDC) is spreading the message “Know Your Pharmacist, Know Your Medicine” and...

Fire relief fund for California hospital workers

Member News
The California Hospital Association has established a Hospital Workers' Fire Relief Fund to help hospital employees affected by the recent wildfires burning across the...

Helmsley Trust and Bipartisan Policy Center hold rural roundtable session

Member News
The Rural Healthcare Program of the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) held a roundtable listening...

Community benefit activities by hospitals outweigh federal tax exemption by 11 to 1

Member News
As the administration and Congress turn to tax reform, not-for-profit community hospitals do more than care for the injured and infirm; they promote and...

Flu season is around the corner!

Quality News
Protect yourself and your family this season with an annual flu vaccine for everyone in your family who is 6 months of age and...

Training event for potential walk audit grantees

State News
The South Dakota Department of Health (DOH) is hosting a training event November 1 in Pierre for communities who may be interested in applying...

HIPAA and patient privacy in situations of crisis

Federal News
In light of the recent mass shooting in Las Vegas, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued reminder information about instances in...

New Medicare cards are coming!

Federal News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will soon be issuing every Medicare beneficiary a new Medicare card. The new card will not include...

Upcoming distance learning opportunities

Education News
Mark your calendars for the following distance learning opportunities planned this fall. Registration fees for each webinar is $150 for SDAHO members.  Online registration...

SDAHO 2017 mid-year compensation survey results released

Member News
The 2017 SDAHO Mid-Year Compensation Survey results were released on Monday Oct. 2, 2017.  Participating members received an email with their login information and...

CMS will hold on updating hospital quality star ratings in October

Quality News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week announced it will not update its overall hospital quality star ratings on Hospital Compare...

Open enrollment: Encouragement and assistance needed!

Member News
Health care coverage is an essential component of advancing healthy communities. Currently, more than 30,000 South Dakotans are enrolled in coverage through the health...
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