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LeadingAge Releases Digital Transformation in Aging Services Guide

​LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technology (CAST) released a new white paper presenting the benefits of digital transformation and the keys to success. Digital...

CMS Adds Another Layer of Oversight for Nursing Homes

​On January 18, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new regulatory memo QSO-23-05-NH launching audits of schizophrenia coding and displaying...

Professional and Patient Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias Training

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias affect 55 million people worldwide. In the United States, 5.8 million people aged 65 and older are affected. It...

SDAHO Education for the Week of January 23

Register today for SDAHO Education and earn continuing education credits and grow in your professional development. SDAHO members will receive all virtual education for no...

SGIM Updates List of Common Tests, Procedures to Question

To help guide physician and patient conversations as part of the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Choosing Wisely campaign, the Society of General Internal Medicine...

HHS Awards Nearly $245 Million to Support Youth Mental Health and Help the Health Care Workforce Meet Families’ Mental Health Needs

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded nearly $245 million in Bipartisan Safer Communities Act funding – $185.7 million from...

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Every year since 2010, the President has dedicated the month to raise awareness about human trafficking and to...

Respecting Choices Advance Care Planning Training

Respecting Choices is one of the leading organizations for Advance Care Planning Training.  They originally started in 1985 when Bud Hammes, a clinical ethicist,...

Healthcare Workforce Center Newsletter Winter 2022/23 Now Available

The Office of Rural Health within the South Dakota Department of Health has released the latest Healthcare Workforce Center Newsletter for the winter of...

DOL Extends Nursing Grant Application Deadline to Jan 20

​The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has extended to Jan. 20 the deadline for nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and tribal organizations to apply for up...

SDAHO Long-Term Care Weekly Update Jan 13, 2023

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...

Hometown Healthcare Heroes: Monument Health Spearfish

Congratulations to Monument Health Spearfish in Spearfish, South Dakota for being selected as the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) January Hometown Healthcare...

Quality Corner: Quality data due 1st quarter of 2023

The quality team at SDAHO wants to remind participating member hospitals of the quality data due for the first quarter of 2023. These items...

Attention All Case Managers: Register for SDAHO’s 1st Annual Virtual Case Management Bootcamp

​The world of healthcare is changing rapidly and so is the role of case management in that world! Whether you are reading or hearing...

District Court Remands Case to HHS to Determine Remedy for 340B Underpayments

On January 10 the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia decided to allow the Department of Health and Human Services to propose...

Connecting Gen Z: How to Prepare for the New Healthcare Workforce

There are now 5 generations in the workplace and a major shift in the future of healthcare. Medical Solutions explores the importance of connecting...

SDAHO Education for the Week of January 16

Register for SDAHO Education, earn continuing education credits and grow in your professional development. SDAHO members will receive all virtual education for no additional cost....

SDAHO Announces Dates for 2023 Events

​Save the dates for SDAHO's upcoming conferences in 2023! Whether you are a hospital, health system, nursing home, assisted living, home health or hospice provider,...

Pediatric Palliative Care Education Series Now Available

The Pennsylvania’s Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition (PPCC), Greater Illinois Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition (GIPPCC), Children’s Hospice & Palliative Care Coalition of California (CHPCC), and...

SDAHO Prepares for SD’s 2023 Legislative Session

Tuesday, January 10, 2023, is the start of South Dakota’s 98th Legislative session and the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations is excited to...

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