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Show Page Ben Lomond Beacon Thursday, March 3, 1977 for control sought Qualify Medicaid program in future Control Quality monitoring system has been launched to spot errors in Utahs Medicaid program, a Utah Department of Social Services official said. According to John Abbott, Control Acting Quality Director, there are two categories of errors. A claim error rate which represents 'he percentage of the total claims paid and a payment error rate which represents the ratio of those claims paid incorrectly as compared to the total payments made A during the period. The claim error rate for the period ending Sept. 30, 1976, was 14 per cent as compared to a payment error rate of 4 per cent, Mr. Abbott said. Of the total average monthly medical payments of $2,270,000 approximately $118,000 is paid incorrectly for persons who are not eligible for services or are not paid the proper amount for their portion of the medical expenses. Mr. Abbott noted that the monitoring system centers only on claims paid under the Department of Social Services Medical Assistance Only program. While AFDC families are also eligible for medical care, their eligibility is monitored in a separate AFDC study. The Medical Assistance program processes more than 45,000 claims Only monthly. If AFDC claims were included the total would reach 100,000 per month. Mr. Abbott said a sample of Assistance Only are being recipients Medical inexamined at tervals. The sample is pulled Irom institutional and claims. For the period ending Sept. 30, 1976, 3 per cent of the claims are found to be ineligible. An additional 10 per cent involved claims where the recipients understated their liability so the State ended up paying more than they should have. In 1 per cent of the cases, Medicaid should have paid Social Services deputy for public entitlements, said that in the future he hoped to see an director expanded monitoring program for providers. The computerized claims system checks. currently has built-iWhile the Medicaid program does handle cases of catastrophic illnesses, as well as foster children, the majority of cases include the disabled, blind or aged. All recipients must meet resource and income guidelines, and have a medical need. Income limits vary: For a single person with an income of less than $167 a month, who also meets other resource qualifications, Medicaid pays for the medical expenses. As income inrises, the client pays an cost. of creasing proportion The only exception is for nursing home patients. They must contribute all their income to the program except for a $25 a month pern this correcting begin problem, he said. Workers now have a medical Assistance Manual which details Medicaid requirements. Teams of workers are handling cases. The same group of individuals are responsible for when the case is opened to case closure. This will prevent it from getting lost in Mr. the paperwork shuffle, Cooper said. elects new state president UCEA Terry Curtis, director of a statewide Education Community Mental automatically pump into our system changes in income, resources so our files will be he updated immediately, said. Ambassador's first official visit to Salt Lake. He has been invited to speak before the Salt Lake City Committee more money. on Foreign Affairs on May 23. Mr. Abbott noted that no Mrs. and .Ambassador federal standards have been Alexandrakis will arrive May Medicaid set for the 21 for a four-dastay. Abravanels 30th AnniverWe are highly honored to program. This is the second sary Season with Beverly have Ambassador and Mrs. period statistics Sills as guest soloist, accollected. been have Alexandrakis as guests of the cording to Wendell J. Ashton, Mr. However, ten states did not sonal needs allowance. says Symphony, president of the Symphony. a we have Mrs. and since of the Ambassador Ashton, Director participate in the quality Roy Cooper, control check during the last Office of Assistance Alexandrakis will be guests great affection for the people the at the Symphonys Soiree of Greece. This was the birthsix months so we have no Payments said place of our great Maestro national average to compare monitoring program has been which will be held imourselves with, he said. needed for a long time. It mediately following the Abravanel who has served so well as Utah's Musical The study focuses only on points out areas where we concert at Hotel Utah. Alexandrakis Ambassador. Maestro Ambassador can improve. the individuals receiving Abravanel and the Utah will be one of the dignitaries In all cases, of overMedical Assistance Only. to Symphony will be making a Providers such as physicians, payment or ineligibility, who will present tribute or Maestro Abravanel for his their Fourth International income nursing home operators, unreported involved. is outstanding tenure with the Tour this year and for the resources not are pharmacists second time have been inorchestra. initiated weve Internally, in this monitored study. to This will be the Greek vited to perform at the famed new some proceedings Norman Angus, Dept, of Ambassador of Greece to States, Menelas Alexandrakis, and his lady, have accepted an invitation to attend the Utah Symphonys May 24 special concert honoring Maurice the United y Terry Curtis Herod Atticus Amphitheatre at the base of the Acropolis in September 1977. Ambassador and Mrs. Alexandrakis graciously accented our invitation to help honor Maestro Abravanel for his 30th Anniversary Season with the orchestra. Ambassador Alexandrakis was born in Greece in 1915. He graduated frpm the University of Athens with a degree in Political Sciences. He did graduate Work in International Law (at the Institute for International Law in Paris and the International Law Academy at the Hague. He also studied at the London economics School of Economics. In 1945, Mr. Alexandrakis entered the Ministry for Affairs as, an Foreign Attache. Since that time he has served as First Secretary to the Greek Embassy in and Acting Washington Consul General in ',San Francisco. He was also assigned to the NATO desk in the Ministry of Foreign ( Permanept Deputy Representative of Greece ,to the NATO Council in Parts. Promoted to the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary in Mr. Alexandrakis 1964, of Ambassador became Greece to Cyprus that same year, where he served for six years, before returning to the Foreign Ministry in 1970. The following year, he was apto Ambassador pointed Austria where he served until assuming the post of Ambassador to the United States in 1974. During their stay in Salt Lake, Ambassador and Mrs. Alexandrakis will also be honored guests at other church and civic functions. The last time the Utah Symphony had a visit from a Greek Ambassador was in 1966. a Company, Wexpro subsidiary of Mountain Fuel Supply Company, today affirmed the drilling of a well on Wexpro leases located near the Trap Spring No. 1 oil discovery in Nye County, Nevada, 60 miles southwest of Ely. The well, Trap Spring No. 3, is being drilled by Northwest Exploration Company, a subsidiary of Northwest Energy Company. The group for which Northwest Exploration is operator will own 50 percent of the acreage where Trap Spring No. 3 is drilling after payout of the drilling and completion costs, and Wexpro Company owns the remaining 50 percent. Trap Spring No. 3 is located mile southless than one-hawest of the discovery. It was drill steam tested recently in three intervals, and two of the intervals indicated oil fincjs. The well is currently at a depth of 6,344 feet. Plans are to drill at least to 7,000 feet. Northwest Exploration, by drilling Trap Spring No. 3, has earned 50 percent of tpe rights to 680 acres controlled by Wexpro. Wexpro and the lf Beautiful Chrysanthemums SE9 Roquefort Dressing Royal Mandarin Tangarines Pink Grapefruit J" r X! 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Other officers serving with are Curtis Randy Rasmussen, who is a special assistant to the president of the Utah State Board of Education, and Jim Burgon, become more independent and improve the quality of their lives, reports Elaine Sharp, MRAUs executive director. We currently have requests to serve an additional 450 clients who could benefit from the training, she adds. The self-hel- p training program operates in 13 Utah communities offering classes and recreational activities evenings and weekends plus Education Community coordinator for the Murray School District. District representatives are: Baty Morrison of the Box Elder representing District 1 ; Zada Haws, Ogden School District, District 2; John Ovard, South Granite School District, District 2; Jack Swenson, Nebo School District, District Millard 3; Norm Stevens, School District, District 4; Mae Edna Sampson, School District, through Community Washington District 5; Ted Taylor, Education programs. The Utah Community Uintah School District, Education Association is District 6; and Ellen Hurst, made up of Community San Juan School District, Education professionals from District 7. Bobbys Surprise Party arent near the trouble the twins are any more. For the last few days they have en- by Carol Shaw Hey, Alan! Its my birthday May 19 an Im goin t be four! Really? tertained themselves. Now if the twins will only sleep while I pan the bread and straighten the house, I will have plenty of time to stir up Bobbys birthday cake before Ralph comes. If I hurry, I can fold and put Thats swell Bobby! Kin I come to yer birthday party? My birthday party? Well ... uh ... sure! That would be fun. You kin come. What time? Oh, two clock. Bobby, I interrupted in my patronizing big sister voice, did mother say you could have a birthday party? I was much more grown up than Bobby. It was up to me to keep him out of trouble. After all, I was five and a half. Aw, Carol Jean. Im sure Mom wont care. She always wants me to do citing things. Thats true, I 'spose. Wed better vite Pat and Colleen, too, and David. Yeh! Pat and Colleen and David and June and Glayde. But not Johnny! Johnny is mean. I dont like Johnny. Oh lets vite Johnny but let's give him a mud pie stead of birthday cake. OK, and well make him eat it. You could put red ants in it, Alan suggested helpfully. At this we all doubled up in fits of laughter. Yeh! Yeh! Lets do it. And thus we set out to invite our 14 most intimate friends, favorite our to Noreen, babysitter, Bobbys birthday party. The including Drilling successful successful Retardation Association of Utah which operates a training program to help retarded people improve their personal skills and learn to use community resources for their benefit. The pilot project has helped over 300 retarded citizens Affairs in Athens. He then took the post of Consul of Greece in Alexandria, Egypt. Mr. Alexandrakis returned to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Athens in 1955, and in 1956 he was appointed Mums" Education Association. Curtis is employed by the Social Security Administration. This will districts school Community the state a program for retarded adults, has been elected president of the Utah Mr. Cooper said there will also be closer budgeting procedures. The best check weve instigated is that we are setting up an automatic information exchange with the Greek Ambassador slated as guest of Utah program 0 5 only one we forgot to consult was mother. Everyone was thrilled to be included. The kids could hardly wait for the great event to arrive and talked of little else during the four-dainterim. Presents were made or bought and compared over and over. Many happy hours were spent speculating about the anticipated refreshments. There was a running debate over the relative merits of versus London Bridges y Red Rover, Red Rover or Drop the Hanky. Pat and Colleens mother made them new dresses for the occasion and Glayde's father cut his hair. Finally, the long anticipated day arrived. r old Mother put the twins down for what she hoped was a long nap after lunch. She was looking forward to a nice, peaceful afternoon. She certainly needed it. She had done pretty well that morning, kneeded a big batch of bread and ran six batches of wash through the two-yea- r and doublerinse tubs. She was thankful it was a nice day to hang the wash out in the yard. It was hard to keep up with a family when there were a lot of stormy days. wringer-washe- If Ralph would put a few more lines in the basement, she thought, but the clothes dry so much faster and softer outdoors and smell so good. She was thankful for her new, modern laundry equipment, too. It made her work much easier. Today the wringer butonly yanked off three tons! Im glad that Carol Jean and Bobby are getting older and easier to manage, she sighed to herself. Why, they away the laundry and sprinkle the ironing. I hope I can get to it before it mildews. There are always so many interruptions. At five minutes before 2 the first of the 14 m., p party guests arrived grinning broadly, proudly-wrappepresent in hand. While mother was trying to think of something tactful to say, a dozen more kids arrived en masse. Bobby and I excitedly let them in The twins came into the kitchen to see what was going d d on Mother didnt know which to do, laugh or cry, so she did both simultaneously. She just couldnt disappoint all those darling little imps, but ... Is there anything I can do to help you, Mrs. Gibby? Mother looked up through glasses. There d . was Noreen standing in the doorway with five children trying to hug her at once. Beautiful, wonderful Noreen We knew who to invite. Within five minutes, Noreen had all of us playing games in the living room while mother scurried around the kitchen. None of us can remember what refresh- ments she managed to produce, but we will never forget the wonderful time we had at Bobbys surprise party. Cave not opening until June tours at Tim-Cav- e National Monument are not expected to resume until early June due to two construction projects. Superintendent Sherma E. Bierhaus emphasized that the trail to the cave will, also, remain closed to the public until tours resume because of hazardous conditions created by both the weather and the construction. The superintendent urged the leaders of all organized groups to plan well ahead if they would like to tour the caves this year. Reservations in advance are- required for all groups of 10 or more persons. She emphasized that any groups arriving without prior reservations cannot be accomodated on cave tours. Most groups, she added, were very cooperative with us last year and found that it was, also to their benefit to make reservations. Other groups were faced with last minute disappointment because they failed to plan properly. For reservations or further information contact Cave National Monument at (801) Tim-panog- |