Medicaid

The Pine Ridge Indian Health Services hospital has regained accreditation status and can now bill Medicare for services. The Great Plains Area Director…

The state public health lab is organizing mass COVID-19 testing in nursing homes over the next month—starting in communities with substantial spread of…

Six nursing homes in South Dakota closed over the last year and a half--including the Hudson Care and Rehab Center within the last month. The closures are…

Legislators approve a ten percent ongoing increase in Medicaid reimbursement in response to the statewide nursing home crisis. That equals nearly 18…

In The Moment ... February 28, 2019 Show 525 Hour 2The legislative session marches on, but no clear solutions yet for the state’s nursing home crisis. Low…

In order to spur development of other long-term care options, South Dakota placed a limit on the number of nursing home beds in the state in the 1980’s.…

In The Moment ... January 31, 2019 Show 506 Hour 2House Bill 1060 hopes to prevent further nursing home closures by raising Medicaid reimbursement rates.…

It’s official: Sanford Health and the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society finalized their merge on the first of the year. Together they employ…

In The Moment ... December 5, 2018 Show 473 Hour 2Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed a $1.7 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1,…

Attorney General Marty Jackley says he wants legislation designed to restrict the supply of methamphetamine in South Dakota. Jackley says there's a…