The Latest News From SDAHO

LeadingAge offering seminar on CMS Requirements of Participation

LeadingAge experts are offering an overview of a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) final rule revising the current Requirements of Participation for nursing...

CMS removing SSNs from Medicare cards

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be removing social security numbers from all Medicare cards to lessen seniors’ vulnerability to identity...

Nursing home administrators asked to complete Medicaid payment methodologies survey

The Legislative Summer Study Committee reviewing Medicaid payment methodologies is asking that the South Dakota Department of Social Services (SD DSS) analyze changes to...

Updated HIPAA security risk analysis tool

The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT and the Office for Civil Rights recently posted an updated HIPAA security risk analysis tool....

South Dakota Cardiac Systems of Care Conference planned for Nov. 3

The American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline and the South Dakota Department of Health are planning a South Dakota Cardiac Systems of Care Conference for...

Great Plains QIN offering webinar series

The Great Plains Quality Information Network Care Coordination Team is offering a webinar series to help organizations build capacity for better, safer care and...

More than 178 sessions to be offered at 4-day LeadingAge conference

LeadingAge will hold its Annual Meeting and EXPO in Indianapolis Oct. 30-Nov. 2. The annual meeting provides an opportunity to explore the breadth and...

SDAHO 2016 Mid-Year Compensation Survey results released

The 2016 SDAHO Mid-Year Compensation Survey results were released on Monday Oct. 3, 2016. Participating members received an email with their login information and...

Avera opening new facility for western Sioux Falls

A new 84,000-square-foot Avera facility serving western Sioux Falls is set to open this month. The Avera Medical Group Family Health Center on Marion Road...

Huron Regional Medical Center rejoins SDAHO

Huron Regional Medical Center (HRMC) has rejoined the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations. HRMC is designated as a 25-bed critical access hospital by the...

SDAHO welcomes 3 new administrators

The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations is welcoming three new administrators. Andrew Riggin is the new administrator at Bennett County Hospital in Martin, and...

Requirements for review of access to care for Medicaid recipients formalized

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has formalized the requirements for review of access to care for Medicaid recipients. The new requirements...

Program offers reduced telecommunications, broadband rates for nursing facilities

Nursing facilities are eligible for reduced rates for telecommunications and broadband access through a new federal program. The Rural Healthcare Connectivity (Act) was passed by...

OIG issues report on election statements, terminal illness certifications

The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) has released a report calling on hospices to improve their election statements...

NHPCO recommends members purchase new ICD-10 coding manuals

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) is recommending that members purchase new 2017 ICD-10 Coding Manual in the next few weeks. The organization...

Attorney General’s Office offering free training on elder abuse and financial exploitation

Assistant Attorney General Mike Sharp will provide free training on recognizing elder abuse and financial exploitation in Watertown on Nov. 30. The training, which is...

CMS Rural Health Solutions Summit planned for Oct. 19

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is planning a CMS Rural Health Solutions Summit on Oct. 19 at its headquarters in Baltimore....

CMS creates toolkit for Medicaid provider enrollment requirements

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has created the Medicaid Provider Enrollment Requirements (MPE) Toolkit to update providers enrolling or re-enrolling in...

Webinar to discuss treating the whole patient

Home health nurses and leaders are invited to participate in a free webinar on Oct. 20 focused on treating the whole patient. The Life Maps...

Avera hosting ethics conference on mental health and suicide prevention

Avera Health will be hosting an ethics conference on mental health and suicide prevention on Friday, Oct. 28. The full-day conference will provide timely and...

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