Fed Regulations Loom For Heart Transplants
Centers proliferate risking donor scarcity. HCFA draft rules set Medicare criteria requiring 36 procedures since 1982 and 12 in each of the last two years to qualify for reimbursement. About 93 centers exist nationwide with roughly 350 patients awaiting transplants.
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Pittsburgh
Robert J. Corry
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Health Care Financing Administration
Federal Register
Ron Milhorn
Agency
Milhorn
United States
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Gary Hall
Mid-South Transplant Foundation
Memphis
Tenn
Organ Procurement and Transplant Network
National Center For Health Services Research
Stanford University Medical Center
Maddox
Medicare
Wall Street Ethics Poll and Market Movements
A Media General AP poll finds most Americans respect Wall Street ethics while about 30 percent deem insider trading very common and 28 percent somewhat common. The report notes high ethics ratings despite high-profile insider trading cases and covers Reagan’s tariff actions, dollar movement, CPI, and a Senate bank bill injecting 7.5 billion into the federal savings and loan fund.
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New York
Wall Street
Media General
Associated Press
U.S
Wall
Securities and Exchange Commission
Merrill Lynch
SEC
Nahum Vaskevitch
Media General-Associated Press
Media General-Ap
Reagan
United States
Japan
Tokyo
Labor Department
Department
Senate
House
Jake Garn
Utah
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp
Ottawa Pomona merchants back Scouts with successful game night
Cub Scout Pack 3070 and Troop 70 thank Ottawa and Pomona merchants for support at the March 21 game night. Sponsorship funded the boys' trip to camp this summer, ensuring their attendance and morale.
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Ottawa
Pomona
Writing Conference sparks idea of students writing camp
Ottawa area teachers and administrator Margaret Betterton and Kim Traw discuss transforming writing conference momentum into a two day writing camp for youths. Bushman aims to expand later, seeking outside funding to offer the camp free to students and possibly extend to four to five days at a regular campsite.
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Bushman
Kansas
Donald Graves
University of New Hampshire
Allan Glatthorn
University of Pennsylvania
Ottawa Middle School
Margaret Betterton
Harold Wallace
Claudia Bartlett
Susan Geiss
Kim Traw
OMS
Kay
Ottawa High School
Alicia Crane
Antioch Middle School
Shawnee Mission
Rena Dillard
Debra Havener
Betterton
Budget and death penalty debates prompt fiscal concerns
Local lawyer Tom Gleason questions state reserve adequacy while Allen and Beauchamp warn of shrinking carryover and potential two week funding gaps. Discussion includes the high cost of restoring the death penalty, with lawmakers split on evaluating expenses versus policy.
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Tom Gleason
Allen
Hayden
Beauchamp
Walker Hendrix
Kansas
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