The Obama administration has picked one of UND’s own to join its health care team.
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2/20/2009
Scot Graff, CEO, for the Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas is serving on the local planning committee for the Department of Health and Human Services National Advisory Committee on Rural Health And Human Services. The Committee will be holding its next meeting (Ju
ne 8-10) in Rapid City, SD.
This represents a terrific opportunity to showcase the work Health Centers do and thechallenges rural health care and human services programs face in a rural state. One of the possible site visits is to the Horizon Health Care clinic site and local hospital in Martin, South Dakota.
The topics being addressed by the Committee are consistent with policy inquiries from the Obama Administration. That’s especially the case for integration as the Committee will focus on electronic medical records development and federal rules and regulations that hinder integration efforts.
Pierre, SD – Restoring Medicaid funding for adult dental care is crucial for South Dakota's most needy population, according to dental health advocates gathering at the state Capitol on Friday.
Full Story - GDNS - 2/19/2009
The Wellmark Foundation of South Dakota and Iowa has awarded the Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas (CHAD) funds to allow the Smile Mobile to visit the 23 communities served by the community health center networks of Prairie Community Health, Rural Health Care, Inc., and Horizon Health Care, Inc.
Full Story - 02/09/2009
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Sioux Falls, SD – Parts of South Dakota, including Sioux Falls, have been hit hard by the recession, which means Community Health Centers have been inundated with requests from uninsured people who need medical care.
Full Story - GDNS - 3/12/2009
Northwood, ND – Part of the sweeping stimulus package signed by the president will provide a half-billion dollars to the states to help cover the increase in uninsured people visiting community health centers.
Full Story - PNS - 3/12/2009
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) announced today that the Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas will receive a $431,795 federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Full Story - 03/10/2009
The Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas (CHAD) in Sioux Falls, SD, received a two-year, $150,000 grant from The Wellmark Foundation to implement an oral health and preventive dental program in underserved communities.
Full Story - 3/3/2009
The average American spends nearly $8,000 a year on healthcare.
Full Story - 3/3/2009