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Prairie Lakes Received a 5-Star Quality Rating from CMS for Second Consecutive Year
Monday, August 12, 2024
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WATERTOWN, S.D. – August 12, 2024 – Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (PLHS) recently received an overall five out of five-star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) based on data evaluating outcomes, patient experience, and processes. This marks the second consecutive year PLHS has received this…
Patient Billing is Going Digital!
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
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Starting in mid-August, Prairie Lakes Healthcare System patient billing will be sent through email and text message to increase convenience, reduce paper waste, and provider personalized messages. This new digital billing applies to all services at Prairie Lakes except primary care services with Prairie Lakes Brown Clinic. Patients will be…
Error In Some Patient Letters From Third-Party Vendor’s Data Security Incident
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
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Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (PLHS) was notified that its business associate and third-party radiology vendor, Consulting Radiologists LTD. (CRL), experienced a data incident that may have resulted in the inadvertent exposure of personal and medical information of current and former PLHS patients. Although this incident did not occur within PLHS…
Prepare Your Kids for a Healthy School Year
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
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Set your children up for success this school year by ensuring vaccinations are up to date to avoid unwanted illnesses causing them to miss class. The beginning of the school year usually means more interaction with other kids and adults – this also means more opportunities for spreading germs and…
Prairie Lakes Named to the 100 Great Community Hospitals List by Becker’s Hospital Review
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
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WATERTOWN, S.D. – July 16, 2024 – Prairie Lakes Healthcare System is proud to announce they have been named to Becker's Hospital Review's 100 Great Community Hospitals list for 2024. The community hospitals honored on the list portray clinical and academic excellence, personalized and holistic care, and overall improved health…
Spencer Waege Trained for NFL Training Camp this Summer with PLHS Strength & Conditioning Coach, Aaron Jung
Monday, July 15, 2024
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Prairie Lakes Athletic Training goes beyond high school sports. Strength & Conditioning Coach Aaron Jung has been working with South Shore native Spencer Waege while he’s been home this summer preparing to play for the Green Bay Packers. When Spencer was looking for an experienced and dedicated coach that knows…
Prairie Lakes Earns National Award for Heart Attack Care for Second Consecutive Year Featured
Thursday, July 11, 2024
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WATERTOWN, S.D. – July 12, 2024 – Prairie Lakes Healthcare System has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for the second consecutive year in a row. Prairie Lakes is one of only 259 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. Dr.…
Here For Your Good Days and Bad Days
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
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Here For Your Good Days & Bad Days Everyone has good days and bad days. But everyday is a great day to take care of you and your family’s health with annual exams, vaccinations, health screenings, and walk-in Convenience Care for the not so good days. Preventative & Primary Care…
Donate Blood & Save a Life on Tuesday, August 13th
Tuesday, July 09, 2024
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The Blood Mobile will be parked outside of the Prairie Lakes Specialty Clinic from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm. on Tuesday, August 13th! What can be done to make sure your friends, neighbors, and family receive the blood they need? It’s simple – donate blood to the Community Blood Bank.…
Prairie Lakes Primary Care Offers Our Medicare Patients New ChartSpan Care Program
Wednesday, July 03, 2024
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For many patients, keeping track of appointments, prescription refills, and specialists can be overwhelming. Even more so when a patient has multiple health conditions which they are receiving care for. Recently, Prairie Lakes Primary Care implemented a new care management program, called ChartSpan, that keeps all of their information in…
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