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Attorney General Mark Vargo Joins Bipartisan Coalition to Regulate Pharmacy Benefit Managers

South Dakota Attorney General Mark Vargo joined a bipartisan coalition of 35 attorneys general from across the country in an amicus brief to the Tenth...

Hometown Healthcare Hero: Monument Health Custer Hospital Job Opportunities and More

Monument Health Custer Hospital and Clinic is the member facility featured in the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations, Hometown Healthcare hero campaign for...

What You Need to Know – Nondiscrimination and OCR Section 1557

Section 1557 is the nondiscrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The law prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin,...

Meet Team SDAHO: Loretta Bryan, Clinical Improvement Consultant

The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) serves members across the state of South Dakota, offering education, advocacy, networking, and quality integration. Today...

Oct. 16 – 22, 2022 is National Healthcare Quality Week

The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) would like to thank all healthcare quality professionals for their hard work and dedication as we...

FBI Warns of Cyber Threat Against Health Care Payment Processors

​​The FBI has received multiple reports of cyber criminals increasingly targeting healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments. In each of these reports, unknown...

Farm Stress: You Don’t Have To Do It Alone

October 12 is recognized as National Farmer's Day and as any South Dakota farmer or rancher will tell you, farm life can be demanding...

SDAHO Providing Support for Emergency Department Providers to Combat Opioid and Substance Abuse Challenges

Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and overdose is a life-threatening disease. For every death due to opioid drug overdose in South Dakota, there were two...

October is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month: Perinatal Palliative Care

Our society doesn’t like to think about death and dying. What could be more devastating? Death of children. “Nearly 45,000 children die in America...

HRSA Announces Grant for Rural Health Networks

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is awarding 20 grants to entities with demonstrated experience or capacity to serve rural communities. The...

South Dakotans Decide Healthcare Runs Second Television Ad

South Dakotans Decide Healthcare, a broad coalition of patient advocates, nurses, healthcare providers, farmers, faith leaders, educators and more, announced that they are...

SDAHO Partners with CAPC Offering Members A Discount on Educational Opportunities

​South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) is a proud member of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), the nation’s leading resource dedicated...

SDAHO Post-Acute Care Council Invites Legislators and Guests to Participate in Roundtable

​​The SDAHO post-acute care council met in Madison, SD on October 5th as part of their routine meeting schedule; however, this meeting included special...

Hometown Healthcare Heroes: Monument Health Custer Hospital

Congratulations to this months SDAHO Hometown Healthcare Heroes recipient, Monument Health Custer Hospital in Custer, South Dakota. To help member facilities with workforce needs, SDAHO...

SDAHO Long-Term Care Weekly Update October 7, 2022

SDAHO Long-Term Care Weekly Update October 7, 2022: A New Resource for Members Each week, through our Unified Voice Newsletter, recipients will receive...

Payment Rates Adjusted for Certain 340B Hospitals

The Department of Health and Human Services will begin restoring a payment rate of average sales price plus 6% for 340B drug claims in...

South Dakota Palliative Care Grant Spotlight

South Dakota has several grants related to hospice and palliative care that are underway in various stages. Brandi Pravecek, DNP, CNP is a very...

EMTALA Update: What Hospitals Need to Know

​Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals have had to comply with EMTALA regulations for over 35 years. Yet, there are increasing number of investigations and...

US Department of Labor Announces $80m Funding Opportunity to Address Shortage of Nurses

The unprecedented demands that the pandemic placed on the nation’s nurses – combined with retirements and an aging workforce – have greatly increased the...

Elevating Geriatric Clinical Nursing Professionals

​Pathway Health now offers a Geriatric Residency (Geri-Res) Long Term Care Nurse Residency Program for recent graduates and nurses who are new to long...

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