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Associate Member Spotlight – LifeSource

Member Spotlight
This week’s Associate Member Spotlight is on LifeSource.  We visited with Emily Larimer, Clinical Hospital Coordinator at LifeSource, to learn more about the business....

Get registered for Continuing Care Conference

Education News
Registration for the South Dakota Association for Healthcare Organizations annual Continuing Care Conference on April 25 and 26 is now open. The conference will...

Merritt Hawkins offering free recruiting webinar

Education News
Merritt Hawkins, a SDAHO Enterprises Endorsed Business Partner, is offering a free one-hour webinar called “How To Make Your Facility a Doctor Magnet” at...

State legislative races are beginning to take shape

State News
With the 93rd legislative session still a recent memory, attention has turned to the next election cycle and who will be running for the...

CMS lowers cost of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries

Long Term Care News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized policies for the 2019 Medicare health and drug plans. Early estimates indicate that the plans...

CMS extends LVA settlement deadline

Federal News
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has announced that the deadline to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for the Low Volume Appeals...

Medicaid provider fee schedule updated

Federal News
The South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) has updated the Medicaid fee schedules according to House Bill (HB) 1320, the General Appropriations Act....

Uncategorized
This week’s Associate Member Spotlight is on Boyce Law Firm, L.L.P.  We visited with Tom Johnson to learn more about the business. What services...

Jackley signs letter to Medicaid; focus to stop abuse and neglect

State News
South Dakota attorney general, Marty Jackley, joined with 48 other states attorneys general in a letter to Congress asking to ease federal restrictions that...

Judge directs AHA to help construct Medicare appeal backlog solutions

Federal News
A federal judge in the District of Columbia has asked the American Hospital Association (AHA) for recommendations on how the Department of Health and...

Study rates South Dakota best state for physicians to practice

State News
South Dakota was rated the best state for physicians to practice according to a study conducted by WalletHub. The study compared the 50 states...

April is “Donate Life” month

Uncategorized
Every day 20 people die waiting for an organ transplant and every 10 minutes another person is added to the waiting list. Overall, 95...

Grant County is named healthiest county in South Dakota

State News
Grant County in northeastern South Dakota has been recognized for being the healthiest county in South Dakota, according to the ninth annual County Health...

Length of antibiotic treatment for sinusitis is too long

Quality News
A study released by The Journal of the American Medical Association: Internal Medicine shows that primary care physicians are prescribing longer durations of antibiotics...

Drug companies under fire for price increases

Uncategorized
Pharmaceutical companies continue to raise the prices of prescription drugs at rates higher than inflation, according to two separate reports released this month. One...

Shulkin ousted from VA secretary position; Jackson next in line

Federal News
Pictured is Ronny L. Jackson, M.D. David Shulkin was removed from his position Wednesday as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the U.S....

Legislators fail to override vetoes; select two summer studies

State News
The South Dakota legislature officially concluded when legislators convened to discuss and vote on gubernatorial vetoes this past Monday. In the end, the governor’s...

JCA provides budget guidance to state departments

State News
The Joint Appropriations Committee (JCA) provided a letter of intent to state department leaders regarding provider rates approved in the recent legislative session.  The letter...

Congress recesses after passing appropriations act

Federal News
With the passage into law of Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, Congress completed work on the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that funds the...

Wellmark rescinds proposed 340B reporting policy

Uncategorized
Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield has decided to rescind a controversial proposal whereby hospitals in South Dakota would have been asked to report modifiers...
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