Report finds improper payments for outpatient rehab in Texas
A government probe of outpatient rehabilitation payments in Texas and five other states found 173 million of 263 million in the year ending June 30 1998 were unallowable or highly suspect. The report says HCFA grants facility participation with minimal accountability, highlighting Medicare overpayments from poor bookkeeping and oversight. Senate Democrat Tom Harkin called the findings unacceptable as auditors note 13.5 billion in losses last year from fraud waste and mistakes. HCFA chief Nancy Ann Min DeParle said the improper payment rate dropped from 14 percent to 8 percent in four years with nearly 500 million recovered from prosecutions.
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Washington
Health and Human Services’ Inspector General
Texas
Health Care Financing Administration
HCFA
Medicare
Sen
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Appropriations
Nancy- Ann Min DeParle
UTPB Hosts Goof-Off Hamburger Cookout for Students
At the University of Texas of the Permian Basin admissions director Vickie Gomez and faculty bring grills and free burgers to Mesa Courtyard for a stress relief event timed with National Goof-Off Day. Anna Marie Fuksz notes about 600 burgers served last term and a similar turnout expected today.
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Vickie Gomez
University of Texas of
Permian Basin
UTPB
Anna Marie Fuksz
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Jamie Poe
Fuksz
Gomez
Boutin steps down from Ector County Hospital Board seat
Odessa businessman David Boutin announced he will not seek re election to the Ector County Hospital Board of Directors District 5 after four years in office. He aims to focus on family and his 7-Eleven role while urging ongoing board alignment with administration and medical staff. Only candidate filing is Odessa College professor Jim Gaddy for District 5.
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David Boutin
Ector County Hospital Board of Directors
Boutin
Odessa College
Jim Gaddy
Death Penalty Sought in Dec 17 Prison Guard Stabbing
A trial on the Dec 17 attack on guard Nagle proceeds with prosecutors seeking the death penalty if the defendant is found guilty of fatally stabbing Nagle with a rod during the incident.
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Nagle
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