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WEBMental health resources For non-crisis services. To find help: Obtain a mental health resource guide for your area, offered by the Helpline Center. Or, call the center at 211 for listening and support. …
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Native Americans have shorter life spans. Better health care isn’t …
WEBCommunity health workers, she said, use some of that money to provide child car seats and to teach parents how to properly install them to counter high rates of fatal crashes. Other causes of early Native American deaths include homicide, drug overdoses, and chronic diseases, such as diabetes, Warne said. Native Americans also …
Medicaid expansion enrollment ‘slow & steady’ as state launches
WEBMedicaid is a joint federal-state health insurance program for low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults and people with disabilities. South Dakota voters approved a citizen-proposed constitutional amendment in 2022 that expanded Medicaid to people whose incomes are 138% of the federal poverty level or less, which …
South Dakota one of three states where tribal health workers are
WEBPublic health experts contend the role Noneo and others like her fill is an integral part of ensuring people receive the care they need, especially for chronic illnesses, by helping close gaps in areas with medical provider shortages. Besides transporting patients to their appointments, community health representatives provide health …
Native American communities have the highest suicide rates, yet
WEBEven if more mental health services were available, they can be stigmatizing, re-traumatizing, and culturally incongruent for Indigenous people. Many states are using creative strategies to stop suicide. A pilot project by the Rural Behavioral Health Institute screened more than 1,000 students in 10 Montana schools from 2020 to 2022. …
Health providers across the US call this Sioux Falls facility for help
WEBA 2019 poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that one of every four people living in rural areas said they couldn’t get health care they had recently needed. By signing up for Avel eCare’s services via paid subscription, rural health care institutions are plugged into a
Proposed nursing home staffing standards are 'disaster waiting to
WEBA slide in the SDAHO presentation to legislators Monday shows the nursing home industry leads the health care sector with the amount of lost workforce since 2020. (Courtesy of SDAHO) Deak added that the standards would “obliterate” recent accomplishments made by the state. The Legislature last winter approved an increase to …
Funding for nursing homes up 25% after state increase
WEBMark Deak, South Dakota Health Care Association executive director, is hopeful the increase in funding will help nursing homes survive. In 2022, seven nursing homes announced they were closing. In 2023, only one has announced it will close so far (although three have closed in 2023 after previously announcing their closures).
Health and Human Services increases loan forgiveness for OBs, …
WEBThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday a $25,000 increase in loan forgiveness available to primary care providers in designated underserved areas. That means qualifying individuals are eligible for up to $75,000 in forgiveness if they commit to two full-time years of service.
State intends to expand Medicaid to doula services, official says
WEBEfforts are underway nationwide to expand Medicaid coverage, the joint federal-state health insurance program for low-income and disabled people, to doula services as a way to counter maternal and infant mortality rates. Doulas are non-medical trained professionals who provide physical, emotional and educational support to …
Legislators seek health care workforce report to address …
WEBAs South Dakota’s population ages, health care organizations and legislators recognize the need for a bolstered health care workforce, especially nurses, to handle increased demand for services. Brookings Republican Rep. Mellissa Heermann, who sat on the summer study committee, said such data would have been instrumental …
With reorganization plans squashed for now, VA celebrates new …
WEBRAPID CITY — The long-debated, evolving plans for veterans’ health care in the Black Hills took a step forward Thursday with the grand opening of a new outpatient clinic. The 49,000-square-foot Rapid City facility is triple the size of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ previous clinic in the city.
Group submits abortion-rights ballot petitions as opponents …
WEBIn addition to the abortion-rights petitions, Dakotans for Health also circulated petitions for a measure that would repeal state sales taxes on groceries. It’s unclear when the Life Defense Fund intends to file its legal challenge, but fellow Life Defense Fund Co-Chair and state Rep. Jon Hansen, R-Dell Rapids, said it will happen soon.
Action needed to protect kids’ mental health from social media
WEBSIOUX FALLS — The kids are not all right, and replacing socializing with social media contributes to it. That consensus emerged during a public dialogue Friday on the mental health challenges faced by America’s youth, hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center at the Avera Behavioral Health Hospital in collaboration with the Helmsley …
Long-term care committee’s work translates into legislative success
WEBSummer study legislation that passed. A resolution requiring the state Department of Health to create a health care workforce report.; Legislation making it easier for out-of-state advanced practice registered nurses, social workers, counselors and psychologists to practice in South Dakota.; $2 million in grants for technology equipment …
Health Archives • South Dakota Searchlight
WEBBY: Makenzie Huber - May 5, 2024. Tyler Broghammer leaves his office nearly every day armed with a small blue cooler. Inside is a weapon against South Dakota’s syphilis epidemic: syringes of penicillin. The sexually transmitted infection case manager at Oyate Health Center in Rapid City also carries rapid STI tests and condoms on his near
Facing public backlash, some health care companies are …
WEBMore than a quarter of announced health care deals in the United States last year involved a financially distressed partner, according to consultancy KaufmanHall. Community groups rallied against the deal, concerned that Covenant’s takeover would lead to cuts in reproductive care and other services. Covenant is a Catholic system and …
Legislation would require Health Department to make video …
WEBBartscher said his organization has been in conversation with the administration and the Department of Health since the idea for the bill came about. Meanwhile, a bill from Democrats establishing a right for women to make their own decisions about their reproductive health care, including abortion, was defeated in its …
Study group proposes a dozen ideas for long-term care with up to …
WEBPACE is a Medicare and Medicaid program that allows patients to get health care while remaining in their home and community, rather than being moved into a long-term care facility. The program is used in 32 other states, and it can help save the state money by keeping Medicaid recipients out of nursing homes and emergency rooms, said …
Physicians feel 'trapped' by SD's abortion trigger law. They're …
WEBAttempts to define health & life of the mother exception. Rep. Taylor Rehfeldt, R-Sioux Falls. (Courtesy of Taylor Rehfeldt) House Assistant Majority Leader Taylor Rehfeldt introduced a bill during the 2023 legislative session that would have redefined when physicians can intervene to end a pregnancy, hoping to clarify the issue …
State doesn’t inspect or license growing IV hydration clinics
WEBThe South Dakota Department of Health doesn’t inspect or license IV hydration clinics, which are increasingly popular places to treat ailments such as hangovers, fatigue and jet lag with supplements delivered intravenously.. The clinics have appeared as retail storefronts, medical spas and Sturgis Rally vendor booths in South Dakota. The IV …
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Abortion rights groups don't support ballot measure that aims to
WEBA ballot-question committee called Dakotans for Health submitted the text of a proposed measure to restore South Dakota abortion rights in June 2022, after the Supreme Court’s impending decision had been leaked but before the decision was officially announced. The committee is now collecting petition signatures in hopes of placing the …
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