South Dakota news and information

People should not cheat when they apply for health insurance subsidies under the national healthcare overhaul because income discrepancies will show up later when they file income tax returns, a federal official said.
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South Dakota's top three health systems say they will require annual flu vaccinations for all employees, healthcare providers and volunteers.
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A state task force studying the possibility of expanding South Dakota's Medicaid program will hold its final meeting this week.
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There may be new hope in the fight against obesity among American youth.
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MINNEAPOLIS—Sanford Health, a South Dakota health system on an acquisition streak, called off merger talks with Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services after the deal met resistance from Minnesota officials. Sanford CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft said in a statement that the health system...
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Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, has entered into merger talks with Sanford Health, a rapidly expanding South Dakota health system.
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Avera Health opened an e-care hub last fall in Sioux Falls as a step toward shrinking the gaps in rural medicine in South Dakota and across the Northern Plains.The intent is to use electronic services to help rural patients stay closer to home and to boost small-town economies, but officials say it...
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Physicians and other healthcare providers should be allowed to deliver services to patients enrolled in any insurance plans in South Dakota, if the providers are willing to meet the plans' terms and conditions, a legislative panel decided.
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The furious pace of oil exploration that has made North Dakota one of the healthiest economies in the country has had the opposite effect on the region's healthcare providers.
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The Avera Health system will acquire two South Dakota hospitals and four long-term-care centers from Catholic Health Initiatives in a deal announced this week.
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