RMH Seeks Sales Tax to Shield Hospital Financing
RMH reports a three year financial turnaround since 1991 losses and now projects operating break even. Despite progress, cash reserves remain thin with 75 percent of revenue from Medicare and Medicaid. To weather potential physician losses and policy shifts, RMH seeks sales tax support and a cash reserve of 800,000 plus 500,000 in 1995 for equipment and system upgrades.
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Ansom Memorial Avenue
RMH
Hos
Pital
Congress
Cold Weather Rule to Protect Utilities in Winter
The Cold Weather Rule starts Tuesday under the Kansas Corporation Commission and runs through March 31. It bars disconnections when temperatures forecast below 35 degrees and requires a 12 month payment plan, with 24 hour prior contact, to help customers maintain or re establish service.
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PEKA
Kansas Corporation Commission
KCC
Silent RU-486 Study Faces Safety Concerns
The Population Council conducts a nationwide trial of the abortion pill RU-486 without disclosing site locations or clinic participation. Dr. C Wayne Bardin says safety concerns arise from potential violence toward abortion providers while noting over 110,000 women have received the pill since September as part of an $8 million study aiming for possible U S availability by 1996.
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New York
C. Wayne Bardin
Population Council
United States
Bardin
Healthy Start expands to fathers in risky pregnancies program
The federal Healthy Start program, aimed at reducing infant mortality in Baltimore and 14 other communities, extends its reach to fathers and families. In Baltimore’s Harlem Park and Sandtown-Winchester, workers meet pregnant women to promote prenatal care, nutrition, parenting, and family planning, with services continuing for three years after birth.
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Jennifer Dixon
Associated Press
Altimore
Willie Ricks
Baltimore
Harlem Park
Sandtown-Winchester
Ricks
Healthy Start
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HHS
Mississippi Delta
Winchester
Judy Washington
Tom Ce Vic
Ee Missioner
Timeka Harrison
CDC Tightens TB Rules for Hospitals Nationwide
Atlanta report notes a two year process of revisions as CDC urges stricter guidelines to curb TB spread. Hospitals should use masks blocking smaller particles, employ ultraviolet light to kill airborne TB germs, and tighten ventilation standards and hospital record-keeping amid rising drug resistant cases and outbreaks in facilities.
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Atlanta
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Franklin County
Dccca Center
Ottawa
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Kansas Health Foundation
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Amanda
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Susan Ahrens
Ransom Memorial
South Main
Otttawa, Kansas
Franklin County Health Dept. and Home Health Agency
S. Main
Mid-Am
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