MFHP Ponders Ways To Make Up Budget Deficit
MFHP faces a $56 000 deficit as construction funds and emergency services costs rise. The board seeks HEW approval to reallocate about 57 000 for a mobile unit and 30 000 from the construction fund plus a 90 000 transfer to cover field travel and hospital costs.
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MFHP
Jack McVey
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Budget Cuts and Service Proposals At MFHP Board Meeting
The board approves three of 13 budget curtailment recommendations and plans to halt new beneficiaries, limit use of Southern West Virginia Clinic, and freeze non critical hires. Total personnel costs exceed 1.07 million of a 2.09 million budget while critics urge preserving services and continuing curtailment planning.
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Cornwell
Southern
West Virginia
MFHP
Martha Crider
Board debates funding controls and expert invitation
The group urged inviting Kenneth Alston of HEW to explain running a medical program with no funds and to help find ways to cut costs without reducing services. Dr. Cornwell said Alston stated HEW would not provide more money and that the board must set priorities. The text notes a separate fact about astronomy, stating the farthest galaxy observable is roughly 10 billion light years away.
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Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Mountaineer Family Health
J. D. Lee
Marsh Fork
K. Forest Cornwell
MFHP
HEW
Cornwell
Raleigh County Court
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Beckley Arh
Theodore Hipkens
ARH
Jack McVey
Clear Fork
McVey
Beckley
Slab Fork
Albert Kinstrey
Environmental Health Services
Kinstrey
Marsh Fork Health Center
Health Department
Pineknob
Raleigh County Community Action Association
Mary G. Thomas
Field Nursing Services
Kenneth Alston
Alston
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