The Latest News From SDAHO

CMS hosts quality measures webinar series

Education News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be holding the first of a two-part webinar series, covering an introduction to quality measures, measure...

TJC, AHA shine spotlight on violence in hospitals

Federal News
Earlier this week The Joint Commission (TJC), an independent organization that accredits and certifies health care organizations and programs in the U.S., released Sentinel...

HFMA to hold Women’s Event on May 17

Member News
The South Dakota chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) will hold their first ever Women’s Event on May 17 from 10 a.m....

Changes to “defense within limits” provisions for professional liability insurance

SDAHO Enterprises
LMC Insurance & Risk Management, a South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) Enterprises insurance services provider, alerted SDAHO regarding Bulletin 18-01 issued by...

AHA National Health Care Governance Survey sent to hospitals

Member News
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has launched its 2018 National Health Care Governance Survey, which will benchmark board structures, practices and culture and highlight...

Plan to attend district and AHA annual meetings

Member News
With the hope that spring will arrive soon, it’s time for the Association’s district meetings which begin this week. The meetings will be held...

U.S. Supreme Court hears South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.

Federal News
The State of South Dakota had its “day in court” on Tuesday when South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley argued before the Supreme Court...

CMS issues bulletin regarding compliance with Medicaid Home Health Rule

Federal News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released an informational bulletin describing plans for enforcement of the Medicaid Home Health final rule....

Board of Certified Professional Midwives seeks comments on rules

State News
The South Dakota Board of Certified Professional Midwives (CPM) was appointed last fall and since that time has been working on developing rules to...

AHA shares new resource on ICD-10-CM coding for social determinants of health

Quality News
The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently released a new resource that hospitals and health systems can use to educate caregivers and coding professionals about...

Associate Member Spotlight – Casey Peterson

Member Spotlight
This week’s Associate Member Spotlight is on Casey Peterson, Ltd. Mark Lyons, CPA and Managing Shareholder, was interviewed for this story. What services and/or products...

Coming soon: Federal issues brief and legislative summary

Federal News
The Council on Public Policy met recently to review and discuss two important South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organization reports. The first, a summary...

2018 Farm Bill introduced

Federal News
Representative Kristi Noem announced that the 2018 Farm Bill, also known as the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, was introduced in the U.S....

Senate committee fine-tunes Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018

Federal News
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP), led by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), held its seventh...

Register now for Continuing Care Conference, April 25 & 26

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

Hospitals show improvement in Patient & Family Engagement

Quality News
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations has 42 South Dakota hospitals participating in the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HIIN),...

Hoffman joins SD Office of Rural Health

Rural Health
Michelle Hoffman joined South Dakota’s Office of Rural Health (ORH) as the Rural Hospital Program Coordinator in March 2018. Hoffman will oversee the Medicare...

What hospitals of the future look like

Awareness
The Wall Street Journal published an interesting article discussing what the hospitals of the future may look like - noting the strong influence of...

340B lawsuit hearing scheduled for May 4; plaintiffs seek preliminary injunction

Federal News
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and other litigants have filed a final reply brief urging a federal appeals court to find that they are...

State tax receipts match legislative estimates

State News
The general fund receipt report, released earlier this week, shows the most recent month-end and year-to-date receipts in all major categories for the state...
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