Practice parameters aim to curb health care costs nationwide
The AMA backs standardized practice parameters to unify utilization review criteria used by insurers. AHCPR has issued multiple guidelines on pain management, incontinence, and bedsores, with broader national parameters encouraged by AMA groups.
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Man dies after 30 foot cave fall in Kentucky ordeal
In Cave City Kentucky a 27 year old man from Oak Forest Illinois fell 30 feet from a rope ladder inside Buzzard Roost Historic Cave. He died Monday after a 17 hour rescue effort left two others trapped but rescued. A 2 inch head wound was noted but cause of death not released.
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Barren County
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Mercer County Magistrate Sentences Parent for Truancy
Looking back items note Mercer County Magistrate Harold Buckner sentenced a parent to 20 days in jail for a child’s truancy. The roundup recalls past legal actions including a 1983 Bluefield physician’s death from natural causes and a 1968 forgery case from the Mercer County Intermediate Court.
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Sam Mitchin
Bluefield Area
Bluefield
Athens
West Virginia
Howard M. Jarrett
Cosic ousted as Serbia hardliners gain power in Belgrade
In Belgrade Yugoslavia President Cosic was removed by hardliners signaling a shift in Belgrade politics. The ouster could extend the Bosnia war as Bosnian Serb allies back a Greater Serbia. In Sarajevo Muslim forces edged toward Lukavica near Pale amid Serb attacks. Khmer Rouge ambushed a U.N. convoy in Phnom Penh killing a peacekeeper and wounding five others after elections. Voting turnout neared 90 percent with guerrillas among voters.
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Service members announced for training and awards
David S. Lilly of Pipestem Christian Academy is entering the U S Army Reserve Delayed Training Program and will begin basic training September 3 at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. He will then train at Fort Sam Houston as a medical non commissioned officer with the 343rd Med Co Galax Virginia. AB Michael Reece of Bluewell is training at Lackland AFB in San Antonio for security police and will be stationed in England for two years after graduation. Willard C Estes, Welch High School 1978 graduate, received the Good Conduct Medal while assigned to Attack Squadron 85 at Naval Air Station Oceana Virginia Beach Virginia for four years of honorable service.
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Trials loom as Detroit officers face Malice Green case
In Detroit, three white officers stand trial for the beating of Malice Green outside a drug house last November amid a memorial scene with flowers and a Malcolm X poster. Green, 35, died after 14 blows to the head. officers Nevers and Budzyn face second degree murder charges, Lessnau faces assault with intent, a fourth officer Douglas faces a misdemeanor.
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Budzyn
Lessnau
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Coleman Young
Hunter Education Courses Announced in Peterstown Area
The Department of Natural Resources will run a hunter education course June 7 9 and 11 at 6 30 p m at Peterstown Fire Department. The program covers gun safety wildlife management hunter responsibilities and game care finishing with a WV DNR certification. Call Sgt Barnes at 753 9465 or 256 6945 for details and registration.
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Department of Natural Resources
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
West Virginia
Sgt. Barnes
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