A new report from the US Department of Health and Human Services could impact critical access hospitals across South Dakota. The report recommends that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid remove exemptions for distance requirements for necessary health care providers. Ken Senger, senior vice president of the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations, says those suggested changes could be very bad for state hospitals…
Senger says health care cuts add up, especially in rural areas…
Senger says they get nervous anytime federal officials talk about re-evaluating a program…
Senger says the proposed changes, if carried through, would affect twenty seven of the states thirty eight critical access hospitals.