Lawmakers Propose Rescue Plan for Rural Hospitals
A bipartisan House coalition calls to overhaul Medicare payments to aid rural hospitals. The package would raise reimbursements, permit more beds for elderly nursing care, reform the peer review system, create a rural health deputy undersecretary, and form an advisory panel. It could shift funds from urban facilities and faces industry opposition.
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Washington
House
Rural Health Care Coalition
Mike Synar
D-Okla
Synar
Prospective
Payment Review Commission
Ike Skelton
D-Mo
Congressional Rural Caucus
Department of Health
Power plant dispute centers on bereavement leave and retaliation
Testimony shows Fisher warned of consequences if grievances continued while Mackler said employees won time off. Officials discussed adding bereavement leave to the bargaining agreement and extending the definition of immediate family to include grandparents. The hearing also covered discipline inconsistencies and alleged retaliation linked to speaking out about Sams case and O Hara firing.
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Popeless
Gollier
Titman
Fisher
Brenda O'Hara
Sams
Wheat
Topeka
Fred Phelps
Dennis
Mackler
O'Hara
Mackier
David McCurdy
Robert Mason
Mason
Bird
Phelps
Department of Public Safety
DPS
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Tom Coleman
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Bill Emerson
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David Prager
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas
Spectacus
Bulava
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Kanew
Tee
Larry Matney
D.C
James E. Reeves
D.P.M
Reeves
Lawrence
Matney
S. Main Street
Ted Cadet
Staats Sual
Sheldon Equipment CO
S. Walnut
Wali
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