The Indian Health Service has hired AB Staffing Solutions of Arizona to run the emergency room at the IHS hospital in Rosebud. IHS closed the Rosebud ER last…
Tag: Indian Health Service
Providing the home-based and community-based care that the Department of Justice says we must to comply with the ADA could save us half the money…
Indian Health Service is building a $1.8-million outpatient therapy center on the Sioux San Hospital campus in Rapid City to tackle high demand for behavioral health services…
South Dakota won’t get Medicaid expansion from this Legislative Session. We may not get Medicaid expansion this year. Governor Dennis Daugaard held a press conference…
The federal government has approved Governor Dennis Daugaard’s suggestion that Indian Health Service pick up the tab for American Indian patients who seek additional care at non-IHS…
Sister Ruth Gereats took the mic at Saturday’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel to ask where Medicaid expansion stands. Rep. Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) says he’s gotten conflicting reports on…
Expanding Medicaid in South Dakota is a good idea. Governor Dennis Daugaard and Republican legislators have steadfastly blocked this good idea for three years, largely because they can’t…
Desiring re-election, Rep. Kristi Noem has been making noise about the need to improve Indian Health Service. Hmm… would Indian Health Service have been able to improve…
Pat Powers rushes to tamp down the Robert Pear’s suggestion of a split between Pat’s sponsors Governor Dennis Daugaard and Senator John Thune on Medicaid expansion…
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe has an emergency—no emergency room! Great Plains Area Indian Health Service Director Ron Cornelius informed Rosebud Sioux Tribe President William Kindle…