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State lawmakers convene on January 10 to start crafting the state budget.
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Another nursing home in South Dakota will close. Nursing home advocates point to Medicaid reimbursement as the main reason long-term care facilities’ doors are shutting.
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Rural nursing homes are closing at a fast rate. And as they do, entire communities feel the loss. This story is part of South Dakota Focus: The Uncertain Future of Nursing Homes.
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Mark Deak is the executive director of the South Dakota Health Care Association. It’s a lobbying organization that represents many of the state’s long-term care facilities. He says there is a range of challenges facing the industry today.
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Medicaid reimbursement and staffing challenges were real for long-term care facilities even before the pandemic. The Walworth County Care Center in Selby is an anomaly. It survived after the Good Samaritan Society announced it would shut down the facility four years ago.
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In Deuel County, the shutdown of Clear Lake’s nursing home has made some people angry. They blame state lawmakers and the Good Samaritan Society. In some ways, the loss is even stronger because of the community’s long history with the organization.
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Another South Dakota nursing home is closing its doors. Today, Avantara announced the upcoming closure of its nursing home in Armour.
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Another South Dakota nursing home is potentially closing. South Dakota News Watch reports on the impact of staffing shortages and operational inadequacies on long-term care options in rural South Dakota. Content director Bart Pfankuch joins us with an update on the situation in Ipswich.
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Lawmakers are changing how they’re appropriating $10 million to nursing homes to take advantage of a two-to-one federal match.That appropriation will bring in $20 million in federal funding.
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South Dakota nursing homes have faced some of the highest fatality rates from COVID-19 in the country. The deaths have created new challenges for an…