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GAO studies Nursing Home Compare, Five-Star Quality Rating System

Long Term Care News
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has conducted a study on Nursing Home Compare and CMS’s Five-Star Quality Rating System. The highlights are available here. The...

Breaking: Judge issues preliminary injunction to block IM 22

State News
Circuit Judge Mark Barnett on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction to block IM 22 from taking effect. Read the AP's story here.

Fund established for Tennessee hospital workers impacted by wildfires

Member News
In response to the late November wildfires that have devastated eastern Tennessee, a fund has been established to provide support for LeConte Medical Center...

Judge orders HHS to eliminate Medicare claims appeals backlog

Federal News
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to eliminate the backlog of pending Medicare claims appeals at the...

CMS posts Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice

Data News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted an updated version of the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON), which all Hospitals and...

PBJ: Time for a better sandwich

Long Term Care News
Note: This is a reprint of a story written by Dr. Cheryl Phillips and published by LeadingAge on Dec. 6, 2016. The Payroll-based Staffing Journal,...

Senate passes 21st Century Cures Act

Federal News
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed the revised 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 34), which intends to overhaul drug development and accelerate new cures...

Gov. Daugaard delivers FY2018 budget to joint session of SD Legislature

State News
Gov. Dennis Daugaard presented his sixth budget address to the South Dakota Legislature Tuesday afternoon. His budget address portrayed a positive economic growth, but...

Legislative forums shift format in light of IM 22

State News
On Nov. 8, South Dakotans approved Initiated Measure 22 (IM-22) by a narrow margin (51.62 percent-48.38 percent). The impacts and implications of the new...

SD Medicaid Provider Online Portal available

State News
The SD Medicaid Provider Online Portal is available and allows providers to view and download copies of their Remittance Advices (RA/Remit). After a provider...

SD Medicaid expanding coverage of telemedicine services

State News
The state Department of Social Services says South Dakota Medicaid is expanding coverage of telemedicine services to more closely align with Medicare coverage of...

Bathing Without a Battle offered online free of charge

Education News
Award-winning training for bathing people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is now accessible online free of charge. Bathing Without a Battle is provided online...

DSS offering assisted living center webinars on HCBS Settings Final Rule.

Education News
The state Department of Social Services (DSS) is holding webinars to help assisted living centers comply with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services'...

CMS study finds that national health spending grew 5.8 percent in 2015

Federal News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) says overall health spending grew by 5.8 percent last year, the result of increased use and...

HHS OCR warns of phishing email aimed at HIPAA covered entities

Federal News
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) reports that a phishing email is being circulated on mock HHS departmental letterhead under the...

AHA: Urge senators to support 21st Century Cures Act

Federal News
The American Hospital Association is urging members to contact their U.S. senators and urge them to support the revised 21st Century Cures Act (H.R....

AHA shares policy principles for new post-acute care PPS with HHS

Long Term Care News
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has shared policy principles for new post-acute care PPS with HHS with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...

AHA president pens letter to Trump outlining 5 key health care focus areas

Federal News
American Hospital Association (AHA) President Rick Pollack sent a four-page letter to President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying the organization looks forward to working...

Initiated Measure 22 creates confusion, SDAHO changes legislative events

State News
On Nov. 8, South Dakotans approved Initiated Measure 22 (IM-22) by a narrow margin (51.62 percent-48.38 percent). The impacts and implications of the new...

December distance learning opportunities

Education News
SDAHO is offering two opportunities for post-acute distance learning in December. On Wednesday, Dec. 7, Katie Williams, clinic instructor at the University of SOuth...
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