Lawmakers Address Delays in Developmental Disability Care Payments

A South Dakota legislative committee is tackling long-standing billing issues within the state’s developmental disability care system.

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MITCHELL, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) A South Dakota legislative committee is wrestling with a tangled system of billing for developmental disability care. Those services are provided by three agencies in South Dakota, including Lifescape in Sioux Falls. CEO Steve Watkins says providers like Lifescape often go months without being paid for services they provide. The legislative committee met in Pierre on Wednesday to work on ways to clear up the problems in the system. For more Government stories from MitchellNow.com, Click Here.

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