South Dakota news and information

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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Now that President Barack Obama's re-election has cleared the way for the full implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, doctors and hospitals in South Dakota are urging the state to expand its Medicaid program so thousands of additional low-income residents can receive...
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Medicare and Medicaid will certainly have a place in federal lawmakers' pending deficit-reduction talks, and HHS agencies should prepare to see their funding levels cut as a result of those negotiations, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) told healthcare providers Thursday in...
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CHICAGO—Sinai Health System CEO Alan Channing has a preliminary agreement to combine his historic hospital with Holy Cross Hospital, creating a safety net giant with estimated annual revenue of more than $525 million. The deal is an unlikely union, reached after Cardinal Francis George...
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South Dakota will not set up its own health insurance exchange, instead deferring to the federal government to operate and pay for a key component required by the federal healthcare overhaul, Gov. Dennis Daugaard said Wednesday.
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The U.S. is on pace to reach a record number of cases of West Nile virus infections in 2012, with the 1,118 cases reported through the third week of August greater than any other year for that period, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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ABERDEEN, S.D.—Sanford Health last week opened its new Aberdeen Medical Center, a 48-bed hospital under construction since May 2010. The $60 million facility was built next to the previously established multispecialty Sanford Health Aberdeen Clinic, and Sanford has had a presence in...
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As part of the merger between Medcenter One and Sanford Health, completed last week, it was announced that Sanford will invest $200 million in the Bismarck-Mandan region of west North Dakota, which is experiencing an oil-related economic and population boom.
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The corridors of Harvard Medical School might be leading to Native American communities on the Plains.
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Medcenter One and Sanford Health have completed their merger, the companies said in an e-mailed news release. A formal announcement with more details is scheduled for July 12.
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