Health Care

The South Dakota Department of Health continues to respond to the novel coronavirus to protect South Dakotans from COVID-19.

GOT INSURANCE?

Open Enrollment in the Marketplace for 2021 insurance coverage has ended.

You can still get 2021 health insurance two ways...

• If you qualify for a Special Enrollment Period due to a life event like losing insurance coverage, getting married, or having a baby.
• If you qualify for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

See if you can get insurance for 2021 at:https://www.healthcare.gov/screener/

My Health Finder

https://health.gov/myhealthfinder

Use this easy tool to get personalized health recommendations for yourself or a family member, learn when your childor teen should have well-child visits or immunizations, get helpful tips and resources about parenting, healthy living and keeping children safe, and much more.

Delta Dental Dakota Smiles Mobile Dental Program

The primary mission of the Dakota Smiles Mobile Dental Program is to treat children ages 0-21. The Dakota Smiles program is designed to assist people who do not have access to care and who do not have a dental home (children who have not seen a dentist for two years or live more than 85 miles from a dentist). No child will be turned away for inability to pay for services. The Dakota Smiles Mobile Dental Program includes two trucks that are fully equipped dental offices on wheels. Services provided include: diagnostic and preventive procedures, restorative procedures and tooth extractions.

Mobile Program Information/Schedule

South Dakota Survey Results - 2016 Report by American Academy of Pediatrics Alliance for Innovation on Maternal and Child Health

Thanks to the South Dakota families of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) that completed the survey!

Conclusion: Parents in South Dakota are encountering many access, coverage and payment issues, and expressed frustration with the lack of available assistance based on survey results. Many survey respondents were parents of children with special health care needs, and several reported that they were unable to obtain recommended care due to issues coordinating care and unmanageable out-of-pocket expenses. There are opportunities to make meaningful improvements in the health care of maternal and child health populations in the state.