West Virginia Eyes Overhaul of Charity Care Financing
Sally Richardson heads the Health Care Cost Review Board and calls for reform of hospital rate setting to shift charity care costs away from paying customers. She notes nearly half of bills are paid by Medicare and other third parties, with hospitals like CAMC and WVU Medical Center pushing costs onto private patients. Legislators may consider all payer or regional plans to fund charity care through a state fund or ceiling-based rates.
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Charleston
W.va
Sally Richardson
State
Ms. Richardson
Charleston Area Medical Center
West Virginia University Medical Center
Morgantown
West Virginia
Richardson
Tempers Rise In Old Dominion After Cold Wave
Cold snap drenches Virginia with freezing temperatures and record lows. Roanoke Poff Federal Building suffers $1 million in water damage, USA Today HQ $250,000, homes damaged, and mail loss. An elderly woman dies in Galax from a house fire blamed on a overheated wood stove. Two elderly men found dead in Portsmouth amid extreme cold. Rescue teams seek two duck hunters swept into the James River in Amherst County. Emergency crews battle fires, frozen pipes, and battery shortages as arctic air lingers with temps rising only slowly.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Anchorage
Alaska
Old Dominion
Roanoke
Poff Federal
Rossyth
USA Today
Galax
Portsmouth
James River
Amherst County
Arctic
Atlantic
National Weather Service
Bristol
Norfolk
Lynchburg
Roanoke Federal
U.S. District Court
James Turk
West Virginia humanities grants total 48500 to 11 groups
The Humanities Foundation of West Virginia awarded more than 48500 in grants to 11 non profit groups for 1984 1985 projects including bicentennial events at Clarksburg and Harrison County ethics lectures and historical exhibits. Grant recipients include Harrison County Bicentennial Committee Clarksburg Harrison Public Library West Virginia State College Mountain State Bar Association Ethics West Virginia Oglebay Institute Preservation Alliance of West Virginia and others.
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Charleston
W.va
Humanities Foundation of
West Virginia
National Endowment For the Humanities
Harrison County
Clarksburg- Harrison Public Library
Clarksburg
West Virginia State College and
Mountain State Bar Association
Ethics
West Virginia Planning Committee
West Virginia University
West Virginia State
The
Bar Association
Wheeling
Preservation Alliance of
Huttonsville
Marshall University Foundation
Charleston Conservatory of Music and Fine Arts
Sistersville
Man charged after fatal incident in Randallstown
Randallstown, Md. AP Stephen Johnson, 28, a building contractor, was charged with inhumanity and attempted homicide after confessing to believing he was God and that his 14 month old son Jesus reborn. Authorities say he killed the child during a three hour home ordeal after returning from a Christmas dinner. His wife was injured and Johnson was held without bond.
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Randallstown
Mad
Jesus
Stephen Johnson
Carla
E. Jay Miller
Baltimore County
Johnson
Miller
Lochearn
God
Steven
Seven holiday fatals reported on Virginia roads
Virginia State Police say seven people died in single car crashes over the Christmas weekend across Spotsylvania Campbell Pittsylvania York Louisa and Melfa. Victims include Oscar K Lewis 57 Beaverdam Kathleen Dowdy Anthony 66 Campbell Daniel Nuckols IV 26 Gretna Elenore Suleski 36 Newport News Arthur G Ziegler 33 Grafton Gerald Turney 43 Bumpass Beulah Capers 55 Melfa.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Spotslyvania
Partlow
Oscar K. Lewis
Beaverdam
Elenore Suleski
Newport News
Arthur G. Ziegler
Grafton
U.S. 17
York County
Ziegler
Gerald Turney
Bumpass
U.S. 33
Louisa County
Seagram Tests No Alcohol Wine In Market Trial
Seagram & Sons tests a near zero alcohol wine labeled an adult alternative. St. Regis Vineyards product from Madera uses de alcoholization to reach under 0.5 percent alcohol and sells in Sacramento Stockton and Arizona. Pricing at 2.99 a 750 ml bottle with screw cap packaging. Ed Reiner says no national launch date yet while touting a beverage revolution. The report also notes women in state legislatures rising to 989 from 425 since 1973.
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Saratoga
Calif
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Inc
St. Regis
Sacramento
Stockton
Arizona
Seagram
Seagram's
Madera
Paul Masson
Ed Reiner
United States
Battle Against Gypsy Moth Continues in West Virginia
West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner Gus Douglass says the gypsy moth battle is ongoing with two public hearings this week. The sessions on Tuesday at Cacapon State Park and Wednesday at Shannondale Club House begin at 7 p.m. They seek public input for the environmental impact analysis tied to the 1984 Cooperative Suppression Program as 50,000 acres in Jefferson, Morgan and Berkeley counties are slated for spraying with federal funding covering half the cost.
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Charleston
W.va
Gus Douglass
West Virginia
Douglass
Agriculture Department
Panhandle
Cacapon State Park
Shannondale Club
Shannondale
Ing
Jefferson, Morgan
Berkeley Counties
Barbs on a bygone ballpark sandwich memory
A reader recollects a time when the ham burger outweighed the pickle slices in a ballpark sandwich, sparking nostalgia for shorter hot dog and burger era fare and the quirky quirks of past ballgame concessions.
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Mike Manning
Gravel
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Harold Hall
Oscar Powell
Hall
Powell
Pearl Collins
B.V. Catron
Man
Son
Federal
Roanoke City
Richard Poff Federal Building
Beulah E. Capers
Melfa
U.S
Norfolk General Hospital
Southside Pharmacy
Bluefield, WV
King Pharmacy Welch
Jaeger Pharmacy
Jaeger
Richlands Pharmacy
Richlands, VA
Waaruck Furniture
New Park Bldg
Raleigh SE
Bluefield
Gypsy Moth
OMNI
Courage
Radiant
NEW Wonder Coal
Bluefield Ave
Mr CI
U.S. Stove
Citizens Building Supply
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