Figuring out how to help struggling nursing homes will be an early issue for the 2019 South Dakota legislature and incoming Governor Kristi Noem.
She says it has already hit close to home..

Noem says it’s more than just a rural issue…

Noem says most of the financial issues are tied to payments to nursing homes from Medicaid…..

Noem says she hopes to have some ideas in front of legislators early in the session.