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Insurance Changes Impact SD Health Care Providers

Insurance Changes Impact SD Health Care Providers

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Changes by major insurance companies in South Dakota will have an impact on operations at health care providers.
Sanford Health and Avera Health will not allow their insurance customers to use the others network.
Doug Ekeren President of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton says they are focused on the patients in their network…..

Ekeren says people can anticipate more changes in the insurance market…..

Ekeren says people may have some difficult insurance decisions….

Ekeren says the insurance marketplace will continue to evolve over the next few years.

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