South Dakota Department of Health

Location

Pierre, SD
United States

Website

South Dakota state Flex Program Website

South Dakota State Flex Program

What is one Core Competency your state Flex Program is working on developing through Flex activities?

Core Competency: Strengthening Quality Reporting and Improvement

Assist Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) with building capacity and reporting the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project measures in all four quality domains with the goal of reporting all measures in all four domains.

What is one activity your state is funding through SHIP?

Provide reimbursement for Payment Bundling (PB) or Prospective Payment System (PPS) Investment Activities for ICD-10 software; 24 of the 41 eligible hospitals and  39.29% of the total funds utilize funding for this investment category activity.

Type of Organization State Government
Staffing (FTE) 1.5
Number of CAHs 40

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Organization Contacts

Kaitlin Thomas

Administrator; State Office Director, South Dakota
Kaitlin.Thomas@state.sd.us
(605) 367-5043

Katilin has served as South Dakota's State Office Director since 2020.

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Michelle Hoffman

Rural Hospital Program Coordinator; Flex Coordinator; SHIP Coordinator; South Dakota
michelle.hoffman@state.sd.us
(605) 295-3065

Michelle has served as South Dakota's Flex and SHIP Coordinator since 2018.

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Josie Petersen

Assistant Director, South Dakota
josie.petersen@state.sd.us
(605) 773-3517

Josie has served with South Dakota's Flex Program since 2017.

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Jamie Zilverberg

Trauma System Manager, South Dakota
jamie.zilverberg@state.sd.us
(605) 773-3308

Jamie has served with South Dakota's Flex Program since 2021.

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