Hospitals struggle to balance budgets amid Medicare and Medicaid losses
Area hospitals grapple with unpaid third party contractor revenues as Medicare and Medicaid underpayments bite. Dixon's KSB Hospital reports 1988 patient revenue of 19.1 million with 3.3 million unpaid from third parties, while Rochelle Community Hospital faces higher shortfalls and argues underpayment dates to 1986. Officials say not-for-profit status limits coping options and DRG cost misunderstandings widen gaps.
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KSB
Kevin Marx
Rochelle Community Hospital
RCH Board of Trustees
Eugene Peck
Peck
Congress
Rockford
Kishwaukee Community Hospital
Rural hospitals face Medicare Medicaid reimbursement gap
In DeKalb area analysis shows higher payments to urban hospitals and a persistent 15 percent gap for rural facilities. Experts say similar market basket costs and payer mix, with rural strugglers treating more Medicare patients, drive the inequity as legislators trim the difference.
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DeKalb
Marx
Noriega Arrives in U S to face Drug Charges
Manuel Noriega landed at Homestead Air Force Base near Miami to face a 1988 drug indictment after surrendering outside the Vatican mission in Panama City. The exile, toppled after the 1989 invasion, reads his rights as attorneys seek pretrial discovery while Bush vows a fair trial.
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Manuel Noriega
United States
U.S
Vatican
Panama City
Noriega
Homestead Air Force Base
Panama
Marcos McGrath
Florida
Manuel Arana
Berlin Wall
William Hoeveler
Steven Kollin
Washington
Bush
Administration
Maxwell Thurman
Getral
Tampa
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Pentagon
Gas prices rise across area amid tax hike and cold snap
Gas prices jumped up to twenty cents a gallon in several towns as the state gas tax increase took effect. AAA-Chicago’s Steve Daggers says the tax is passed to consumers. cold weather and higher heating oil use are boosting demand and crude use. Local stations report three to five cent increases, with unleaded around $1.02 to $1.15, and prices vary by store as customers grumble and look for relief on roads.
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Steve Daggers
Aaa-Chicago Motor Club
Des Plaines
Graham Huffman
Huffy’s
Galena Avenue
Huffman
Dixon
Bob Bellows
Pam Hughes
River Road
Amboy
Wendy McLindsay
Boston Fur Store Manager Suspect Suicide After Slaying Case
Edward Stuart, a 29 year old fur store manager, was shot while his wife was killed during a hospital childbirth class robbery in Boston. He died after leaping from Tobin Bridge hours after being named a suspect, as investigators pursued the missing details of the case. The baby, delivered by Caesarean section, lived 17 days.
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Charles
Carol Stuart
Stuart
Beig
Tobin Bridge
Boston Harbor
Edward Marchand
Reading
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