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SDAHO Long-Term Care Weekly Update: May 30, 2025: A Resource for Members

Each week we provide an overview of state, federal, policy and additional issues impacting post-acute care. Each story will include a direct link to...

June 6 National Day of Awareness to end Violence

The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations encourages  members to take some time to learn more about HAVHOPE Friday (Hospitals Against Violence) and what...

Strengthening Rural: SDAHO’s 2025 Rural Health Leaders Conference

Join us June 25 – 26, 2025 at Drifter Event Center in Ft. Pierre, South Dakota Join healthcare leaders from across the state at SDAHO’s...

FDA issues recall on tubes used to manage bleeding

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a Class I recall—the most serious type—of specific lots of BD esophagogastric balloon tamponade tubes,...

Meet Jackson Physician Search: a SDAHO Enterprises Endorsed Business Partner you should know

The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) Enterprises is excited to recognize our Endorsed Business Partner Jackson Physician Search. Throughout the month of...

Mount Marty University Establishes First Graduate Regulatory Science Program in the Region

Mount Marty University will launch the region's first Graduate Regulatory Science Program. The 30-credit, fully online program will welcome its first cohort of students...

Agencies release new guidance on AI data security

On May 22, the National Security Agency (NSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and international partners released new guidance to help organizations...

Free 3-Day CAH Medicare Cost Report Bootcamp

Are you involved in finance or reimbursement for a Critical Access Hospital (CAH)? Don’t miss your chance to level up your expertise at the...

Melissa Mulloy of Mobridge Regional Hospital featured in workforce recruitment video campaign

The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) is proud to showcase Melissa Mulloy, RN, BSN, CEN of Mobridge Regional Hospital and Clinics in...

South Dakota Leadership to speak at SDAHO 2025 Rural Health Leaders Conference

The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) is proud to host the 2025 Rural Health Leaders Conference, scheduled for June 25–26, 2025, at Drifter’s...

South Dakota Medicaid launches new educational series

South Dakota Medicaid is excited to announce the launch of a new educational series for providers called SD Medicaid Insights. This series is designed...

SDAHO Long-Term Care Weekly Update: May 23, 2025: A resource for members

Each week, through our Unified Voice Newsletter, recipients will receive an overview of state, federal, policy and additional issues impacting post-acute care. Each story...

Public Notice: South Dakota Proposed Medicaid 1115 Waiver Demonstration for Work Requirement

The South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) intends to submit an 1115 demonstration waiver application to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...

CDC investigating reports of contaminated ultrasound gel

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is assisting in a multistate investigation on the use of contaminated non-sterile ultrasound gel for ultrasound-guided percutaneous procedures. Reports...

ASPR highlights strategies to mitigate workplace violence in health care settings

The Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector Advisory Bulletin, produced by the within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Strategic Preparedness...

South Dakota health care professionals featured in workforce recruitment video campaign

Rural Healthcare Expanding the Workforce Pipeline The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) is proud to announce the launch of a new workforce recruitment...

Discharge planning requirements for acute & CAH hospitals

In today’s healthcare environment, discharge planning is more than a task — it’s a vital component of quality care, regulatory compliance, and patient safety....

FDA to limit COVID-19 vaccine to people over 65, others at high risk for serious illness

Leaders of the Food and Drug Administration May 20 announced new guidelines for administering the COVID-19 vaccine in a paper published by the New England Journal...

FBI warns of cyber actors exploiting outdated routers

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center released an alert May 7 warning of cyber actors exploiting vulnerabilities in end-of-life routers. Routers dated 2010 or earlier are...

Microsoft offering cybersecurity program for rural hospitals

SDAHO is excited to share that Microsoft is helping to protect rural hospitals by sharing security solutions, resources and training at NO COST. Rural hospitals...

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