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Show Page 4 South Salt Lake News Thursday, July 10, 1969 Fraternal Congress BENNETT URGES MEDICARE CONTROLS Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, said the "entire Medicare Medicaid program Is on trail" as he urged the Department of Health Education and Welfare to bring down excessive costs of administering the program " or Congress will have to do so on its own. The Utah Republican made the comments today as the Senate Finance Committee opened lengthy hearings on the costly problems confronting the Medicare and Medicaid programs. "It Is my hope the Department of HEW can come up with controls to stop abuses, fraud and he told lax administration John Veneman, Undersecretary who was the lead-o- ff of Hew witness in the hearing this morning. "We have heard today of real runaway costs in these two multi billion dollar programs an all too many people involved with them have turned into 'fast buck artists' seeking to milk both programs for all their he said. worth, would hate to see Congress "I into a field where it doesnt step he "Namely said, belong, dictating the costs of medical service, the costs of prescriptions and the like. However, this is almost inevitable unuess controls are tightened on the administration of Medicare and Medicaid. The Utahn pointed out that the Senate Finance Committee staff has undertaken an exhaustive study of payment to doctors under Medicaid and Medicare "and has found widespread abuses and excessive payments that boggle the mind. He pointed out "just two examples of the many we know of: "A General Practitioner who billed Medicare $58,000 in 19G8 for house calls made to 49 patients. That works out to a visit every third day to each of his 49 patients - - twice a week and every other Sunday. "Another physician engaged in what is called 'gang visits' to nursing home patients. In 1968, 54 patients received the benefit of 4,560 visits from that doctor - - an average of more than 80 visits each. The same physician was paid by the program a total $42,000 for 8,275 injections which he adminis- tered 1 F raternal Congress of the N.O.W. will met at the Senior Citizens Center, 234 South 10th Fast Friday July 11th. at 8 p.m. PHONE Peeples. Delicious food sandwiched to the most discriminating appetite to 149 beneficiaries, "Additional include abuses H Featuring onion rings, Burgers NEAR THE FREEW AY AND GOOD PARKING CAFE STORE MOTEL Coolness Thimble Club of Woodbine Circle will meet at the North Shelter in Liberty Park at 12 o'clock Thursday July 10th for a pot luck lunch . All members of Thimble Club are invited. GARAGE - GAS PUMP Very Nice Living Quarters Thru trade - take percent of business volume for rent: Will Rent- - Lease- - Sale P.W.P. Hold Your Meeting Home! 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Blrrell, referee of the Juvenile Court. He will speak on " Problems of Juvenile This should be an outstanding event. WEST p GOOD BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Breeze To Hold Potluck Place: J Put Sea Thimble Club Parents Fish, Tacos, Steaks, Dogs and Footlongs. Most opular Drinks, Malts, Milk Shakes So Carefree... ished with these hearings and I hope that we can come up with meaningful controls that will halt these abuses at the same time that we can protect the legal and honest praction-er- s, he said. Without 466-08- 30 Sonjas Polar King Cafe 2340 So. State St. Entertainment by Emma Patterson, Josephine Preston andAnette in which they live on the penthouse floor and in which they bill Medicare for visits to the he said. patients downstairs, "We intend to look into this entire matter before we are fin- The Action Ads Meet Sen. Bennett said. fmj WE'RE Club To Make Use Of Phone: 466-099- 0 mif e Wl WHKWiBI |