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Show UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. Noi ember 9. 1999- - Patti efforts. studies and for be duties the three member was of her one a to 122 planning doing may Harper clerking high of 9 1 13. Other sessions were billed frofo bet ween 934 to 9364. person evaluation team. The team's the water district -- she is only bonded e work involved individual to do postal work during the block. The medicaid recipient said that to rate suitability, accessiRoberts has the contract indefinitely. until she received a copy of the benefit What are the chances of a standbility and usage by customer. Each statement, she was unaware of what alone poet office building in the futeam member completed an evaluaContinued from page 1 wsscharged to her account for servirM tion form and mailed it out to the ture? at Northeastern Counseling Typically "There was a dedicated post office district office in Denver. the agency bills medicaid arid the it up Brown report. believes the evaluation sys- there at one time. Fruitland has 200 Continued from client does not see tbs charges, she 1 Harper page It' frustratin', I do know on the tem is fair because the were post office boses available and will be said. The benefits statement asked ratings other bid the people offered longer done We Noone on the team getting 200 more. Yet, it would take it, to try and resolve prob- that she check to determine ifshe did internally hours It could have been more conve- knewindividually. how the other rated the site. As up to 6,000 customers before it would lems. indeed for receive service which the nient, Brown concluded. evaluators had no way of know- be considered. And then, it would be He said that to his knowledge nont medicaid was billed and confirm if Brent Cuter, a retired business-ma- n well, what operatingcosts were included up to the district managers discre- of the errors were done as a result of description ofthe senrKt was correct now livingin Fruitland says that ing in proposals. Financial management at Northtion, said Linda Pickett, a Salt Lake intentional acts of fraud, but are more the public was left in the dark when The evaluations were reviewed to Postal official. eastern Counseling is currently being The letter to the editor ia the likely related to sloppy record-keepinthe poet office was closed last sum- ensure there were no improprieties y done on a bask by existing Oct. 26 edition of the Standard mer. based on the information submitted, Last May a medicaid patient, who staff. Bachman wud, however, the should have read, Hannsion thanka 1 want to know why we werent then the evaluations scheme were as going to Northeastern Counsel- agency is also relying on Bob Foley of fellow volunteer at Food Pantry, able to be notified of changes in the put together, the on with the "best ing, contacted the Standard about a the Vernal accounting firm of net "Foot Pantry. As we all know post office we should go back to a value scenario to the postal service copy of medicaid benefits sent to her Caldwell, Coombs and Foley to assist there ia no Foot Pantry in Duchesne democracy kind of government with was considered the successfril offer, County at this time. We apologize by the Ltab Department of Health for their financial office. stuff like this and have representa- eaid Roy team leader Continued from page 1 Northeastern Counseling is a tri- for the confusion. Sansandusky, her review She alleged that medicaid tion of people in our area, rather than for U.S. Postal Service, western area In a Basin brief published in the was billed by Northeastern Counsel- county agency which is state reguout of area. lated and operates through an interl- Standard in the Oct 5 edition, the made were for visits never that well ing school districts as as Uintah the Carter says the shortened postal The women still question whether Basin Applied Technology Center and and listed the treat mentas substance ocal agreement. There are currently advice to LDS single adults attendhours makes it tough on the working were dealt with fairly and truthe they employing an outdoor harbeque should here funcUtah State Univeraity Uintah Basin abuse rather than "anger manage- about 54 foil and part-timand a Fruitland needs, man, the bid process and branch ees. fully during was reason the the read, bring bug spray not "but ment, -tpatient campus to provide training tioning post office hough that little whether evaluators considered their Prior to July 1997, Northeastern spray The Standard also regrets that would bo necessary for the being seen by counselors. gal they gave it to is greet. bid with the additional information was run by the State of this error, but acknowledges that medicaid A Counseling state representative science workforce Charlotte Carr, of ABS Real Estate through computer rethe on-sUtah. provided during they and contacted was Standard the the inadvertent type also brought courses by end business administration says people have complained to her view. confirmed that when medicaid ia a chuckle for many, and a hearty and business partner Linda Blue about programs. Roberts who actually began her billed reimbursement certain guffaw toother. That's fine with us 500 300 has ways, to It the office of and but the post hours service, potential post office career at the Fruitland because laughter is known to be to the agency is higher, as would have they are complaining to the wrong Store where she worked forover seven Job that would be developed over 3 to been substance-abus- e for your health. Well send you case with the good skilled all on 5 a Ite years. dependent people. and managed for two and a half workforce and the bill Later. a mentoring treatment. Carr and Blue operate their busi- years seems recruiting fuoptimistic about the The copy of the billing sent to nesses in a trailer on US. Highway 40 years company, Wold commented. "It's ture. medicaid also listed 15 minutes of and a and take across from the Fruitland Store at time to patience While she admits eom people are going individual therapy for the client We're 45000 West. Carr uses one office for it. effort to support regional four-hour office block, with the h irrr: with feasibility billed at costs varying from a low of her real estate business, another room upset most "understand, that while she continuing to proceed is used for Lindas gift shop, stocked with consignment items. The business women are sensitive to complaints because they submitted a proposal to manage the post office, which they say was bid at 1966 lower than Roberta application. In the early 1900s the comer where ABS Real Estate now stands, housed the post office and mail was brought in by stage coach from Heber City, Carr said, explaining that before the post office even came up for bid their goal was to develop the corner with buildings. When the postal service solicited proposals for s new post office facility on July 27, it just seemed right to bring e post detailed. As well, the women felt their r; , t r . S 'w, ' f1.. 9 r 'fc location would be convenient to resiJ ' a (,(; r dents and it would draw additional A m'y ' business into their office. . f " . , , s' 'v We offered them extended hours A ' 'hiv4 10-- 2 hours on were bid the the ithough 'w r ' h,j p.m.. But when they came out w told them we'd wait on them any time the store was open. We 're usually here till fire or six. According to Carr and Blue, the proposal process was unfair because the things they promised to do, such as e a upgrade parking, and even pull a second trailer onto the site if their space .... . v T '.Vi-;- . ii was inadequate, were not recorded in ! &i9tr'a-evaluations that went to the Denver .'a office. We believe it should be known I that no one has a problem with who or where the poet office ended up, said Blue. "It's the way it was handled when thaMdwaa submitted end when they were finding the new building." 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