Medicaid cuts slam area nursing homes across Ohio
Nursing homes face a $60 million two year Medicaid reduction and a new federally mandated reform bill. Ohio Extended Care in Lorain County loses $1.25 per day per Medicaid patient, about 65 percent of its population. Smaller facilities fear staff layoffs and service cuts as other homes report similar financial pressure.
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Warren Wolfson
Ohio
Cuyahoga
Myrna
Lee
Ohio Health Care Association
Columbus
Lorain
Good Samaritan Nursing Home
Avon
Charlotte Lazzaro
Don Wessel
Welcome Nursing Home
Oberlin
Glitch Cited in Senior Center Fund Error
North Olmsted City Finance Director Edward Boyle says a purchased computer program caused a duplicate 1700 error inflating Senior Center Fund figures. Community activist Trene Schultz challenged Boyle at a City Council meeting urging accountability.
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North Olmsted City
Edward Boyle
Boyle
Trene Schultz
Schultz
C-T
Dorothy Lesher
Wolstein pushes zoning change for Westside project
Cleveland Force owner Bart Wolstein pressures North Olmsted to settle a zoning lawsuit over a 42 acre parcel near I 480 and Great Northern Boulevard to build a hotel and office complex. He cites business motives while noting his soccer team and salary moves.
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Cleveland Force
Bart Wolstein
North Olmsted
Wolstein
Great Northern Boulevard
Orphan drug brings hope to Erin in rare disease battle
Erin Bowers a fifth grader from Avon Lake battles cystinosis a rare kidney disease. Doctors began cysteamine treatment in 1979 at University of Michigan and she now attends school like other children despite the condition. A $250000 grant funds continued research to bring an approved orphan drug closer to market.
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Avon Lake
Erin Bowers
Cleveland Clinie
University of Michigan
Erin
Washington, D.C
U.S
Henry Waxman
D-California
Sue Bowers
Celeste Receives Ohio Child Abuse Reform Bill
Ohio Governor Richard F Celeste soon signs a sweeping reform bill aimed at speeding decisions for abused and neglected children. The measure requires faster court and agency actions to reduce foster care and institution stays, addressing issues highlighted by The Cincinnati Post series.
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Columbus
Ohio
Richard F Celeste
Cincinnati Post
Celeste
House
Senate
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