Doctors Face Pay Cut in Blue Cross Plan Overhaul
Kansas doctors serving Blue Cross Blue Shield patients face reduced pay under a new DRG based plan. BCBS aims to standardize hospital charges, curb rising costs, and publish a list of participating providers. The change could affect vasectomy and appendectomy reimbursements and require patients to cover differences at nonparticipating hospitals.
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Dalegoter
Kansas
Topeka
HNS
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Marion Dauner
BCBS
Dauner
Bc-Bs
DRG
Danner
Blue Crags
Funeral services for Frank H. Sargent held in Ottawa
Frank H. Sargent aged 86 of 211 W. 7th died Wednesday at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Services were at Dengel & Son Mortuary with burial in Highland Cemetery. He served in WWI, worked in restaurants, and is survived by wife Mae and many descendants. Other notices follow for Fannie Bernard and local adoptions, admissions, thefts, arrests, and fines.
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Frank H. Sargent
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Dengel & Son
Highland Cemetery
William Weber
Sargent
Coffeyville
Ottawa
Sunflower Ordnance
U.S. Army 35Th Infantry Division
VFW Memorial
Warren Black
American Legion of
DAV
Lawrence
Calvary Baptist Church
Mae F. Miller
Osawatomie
Vernice Edens
Caney
Nancy Ashburn
Wichita
Jeanene Buchanan
Overland Park
Shirley McNichols
Sanfford
Robert Jacobs
Topeka
Dale Jacobs
Portland
Ore
Leland Jacobs
Elmonte
Calif
William Jacobs
San Bernardino
Fannie M. Bernard
Quenemo
Fannie Melinda Bernard
Quenemo United Methodist Church
Woodlawn
Pomona
Mrs. Bernard
West 7Th St
Kansas
Local ads and events roundup in Ottawa area
A collage of small ads and notices lists services from carpentry to carpet cleaning, dance nights at Wagon Wheel and L and L Cafe, plus sales on tires, shoes, plants, seeds, and birdseed. It also notes tax prep, a Rock House Sunday opening, a chili dinner, and high yield corporate bonds with inflation beating terms.
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Mark E. Sigurdson
Edward D. Jones and Co
New York Stock Exchange
Ottawa
Edith Rader
Carol Wilson
Ottawa High
Municipal Auditorium
Kansas House passes spouse rape bill with new crimes
The Kansas House approved a broad rape reform bill by 115 to 8 to allow marital rape charges under limited conditions, creating aggravated rape within marriage and new crimes such as sexual battery and object rape, while also approving a companion witness-intimidation bill and two tax-related measures.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
Senate
Kansas
Arthur Douville
Overland Park
State of
Mrs. Charlton
House
Kansas Livestock Exports Rise and Southeast Asia Market Push
Marketing efforts highlight Southeast Asia and Mexico as key Kansas markets. The Kansas Livestock Board notes growth from 1,422 head exported in 1971 to over 4,000 in 1981. Plans include a first U S international food show in Atlanta in May with over a thousand foreign buyers. Clayton Watts is reelected to the Franklin County Conservation District Board as awards for conservation leadership are presented.
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Southeast Asia
Mexico
State Board
United States
Boughton
Kansas
Atlanta
Clayton Watts
Franklin County Conservation District Board of Directors
Kansas Bankers Association
Earl Schmanke
Dale van Horn
Edwin Horstick
Wall Street Nears 1100 as Dow Slips at Noon
Wall Street retreated for a second day as the Dow Jones industrial average fell 1.59 to 1,085.84 by noon. The NYSE composite declined 0.31 to 84.87 while the American Stock Exchange value index dropped 2.29 to 381.49 amid mixed sentiment on a potential recovery and a 32.64 million share noon volume.
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New York
Federal Reserve Board
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Gandhi Tops Oscar Nominations With Eleven
The Gandhi biopic leads the 55th Academy Awards with 11 nominations including best picture. Tootsie follows with 10 nominations, ET earned nine, Victor Victoria seven, and Das Boot and An Officer and a Gentleman six each.
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Hollywood
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Victoria
Das Boot
Gandhi
Richard Attenborough
Attenborough
Ben Kingsley
India
Liquor Store Clerk Not Charged in Robbery Killing
Prosecutors say a liquor store operator who shot and killed a would be robber will not be charged. The dead man Michael Greer 29 of Newton died four hours after the shooting. Larry Wescott 31 of Towanda was arrested nearby and faces felony murder and aggravated robbery charges. Preliminary hearing set for Feb 25.
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EL Dorado
Kan
Harvey Holden
Michael Greer
Newton
Larry G. Wescott
Towanda
Ronan
Wescott
Holden
Greer
Officials fined for meetings law violation in Independence
Two county officials and a former commissioner were fined 25 and costs for open meetings violations in district court. The case involved illegally entering an executive session during a dispute over Montgomery County sheriff's department car purchases and bid withdrawals.
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Independence, Kan
Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department
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