| JANUARY, 1998 | HUMAN SERVICES |
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| 110 | Glod | Lawsuits
Allege Abuses by Psychiatric Hospitals: DC, MD, VA all involved in 30 cases of fraud,
etc. |
| 112 | Pierre | Governments Turn to Private Firms for Welfare Job
Services--all around DC metro area--not DC? |
| 114 | Milloy | Confronting What's Killing
Black Men: prostate, homicide, AIDS, tumors, etc. all higher--ask why? |
| 117 | Goldstein | Health
Chief also Lacks DC License--2 fired city pathologists don't agree it 'doesn't matter'
|
| 118 | Vobejda | Rate of Unintended Pregnancies Drops in US : 54 45/1000
'81-'94--highest for blacks, and below 24 yrs |
| 122 | Staff | DC Health Chief (Noonan) to
Apply for Medical License--prodded by Ward 8's Sandy Allen |
| 123 | Staff | DC
Medicaid Recipients to Get Choice of 7 HMOs--effects 80,000--but not 50,000
elderly/disabled |
| 124 | Locy | District Women Plead Guilty in Dental Insurance
Scheme--relatives bilked $142K from 50 companies |
| 126 | Loeb | DC Foster Care Agency is
Quietly Rebuilding--since court-appointed receiver took over $102M agency |
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| APRIL, 1998 | |
| 401 | Staff | Judge
Approves Managed Care Initiative--to enroll Medicaid recipients in 1 of 7 HMOs |
| 402 | Harris | City
Boosts Day-Care Funds--subsidies stuck 10 yrs at $21infant/$18pre-schl v metro avg $31/$24
now |
| 403 | Staff | Ex-DC Deputy Medical Examiner Faces Charges--working
without valid license--could get 1 yr + $10K |
| 407 | Slevin | NY Problem-Solver Heads to
DC Morgue--JL Arden expects 'daunting task' that 'scares hell out of him' |
| 408 | Thomas-Lester | Amid Family Outcry Over Morgue Mix-up, Prince
George's Police Revise Policy on death notifications |
| 413 | Vobejda | States' Welfare Data in
Disarray--inconsistent reports make effects on reform unclear across US |
| 415 | Staff | Group of
DC Clergy Present Advice for City's Surplus--shore up social services, reject tax
cuts |
| 416 | Staff | DC Gains on Child-Care Reimbursement List--now ranks much
better in infant care pay, other fee rates |
| 419 | Shear | 2-Yr Welfare Limit Takes Effect
in NVA: caseload down, 74K to 44K since 7/95--464 families off in next 6 mos |
| MAY, 1998 |
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| 501 | Staff | Nuclear Reg Comm Proposes
Fining DC Hospital Center $2750 for radioactive waste violations |
| 507 | Escobar | DC's
$500K Public Fund for Drug Prevention, Kids at Risk--City lost track of income, grants from tax
returns |
| 508 | Staff | Barry Signs Mandate for Emergency Care--insurers must pay
for emergency room visits if patients sincere (?) |
| 515 | Staff | Welfare to Work Program
Training 100 DC welfare recipients to be taxi drivers, tour guides |
| 530 | King | The Quiet
People Who Get Things Done--local doers get things done for neighborhoods |
| 531 | HilzenRath | MD
Hospitals Strain Under Rate System--health insurers steer patients to DC for lower
rates |
| SEPTEMBER, 1998 |
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| 903 | Harris | Welfare
Rolls Drop-Off Yields $38M Surplus--hshlds down 4.4K to 20.7K, indivs down 13.6K to
55.7K |
| 907 | Offner (oped) | Healthy Change for DC Poor: Medicaid savings (70%
Fed rate, 20K off rolls, hosp stays - 25%) put to govt HMOs |
| 908 | Haveman | National Welfare Reform 'Surplus' is $4.7B: some spent on
better welfare progs, reallocated, or saved |
| 915 | Goldstein | DC Trying to Reduce Salary
of Receiver--Mental Health Chief Scott Nelson pay could reach $448K |
| 916 | Editor | A Receiver
Receiveth Too Much--Mental Health Services Receiver Nelson grossly overpaid at
$195/hr |
| 918 | Staff | Medical Use of Marijuana Initiative to be on Nov 3 DC
Ballot--as required by DC Superior Court |
| 920 | Staff | Invisible Victims: DC Child
Deaths under 5 yrs way too high; 'undetermined' causes far over nat'l average |
| 923 | Vise | CMO
Barnett Fills Key Health Post --Troutman comes from Fulton Cnty, GA, and Newark NJ--to get
$165K |
| 923 | Goldstein | Mental Health Chief Nelson agrees to Cap on Pay--at
$224.6K--receiver was on loan from USPHS @$134K |
| 925 | Vise | Contract Problem at DES Risked
Phase Out of Care for Injured City Workers--issue now resolved |
| 927 | Vise | GA Dr.
Troutman Reverses Position, Declines DC Health Post--interim director Marlene Kelley to stay
on |
| 929 | Harris | DC's Hi-Tech Answer to ($84M pa) Food Stamp Abuse--feds
order 40K recips to use encoded 'EBT' cards |
| 929 | Fernandez | They're Finally Getting a
Resting Place--114 unidentified bodies stored in DC Morgue to be buried/cremated |
| NOVEMBER, 1998 | |
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| 1111 | Williams | Council
Trims Some Workers' Comp Benefits--1st reading settles for 1/3rd of savings Control Bd
urged |
| 1112 | Loose | DC to use Private Orgs to Jump-Start Stalled Welfare Program--replace
dysfunctional DHS, DHES |
| 1113 | Staff | Program to Try to Coordinate Medical Care to
Poor--$4.2M grant to DC's Health/Hosp Public Benefit Corp |
| 1119 | Staff | One Stop
Career Center Opens--to provide employment services/training--funded by US Dept of
Labor |
| 1120 | Staff | ACLU Again Rebuffed on (getting election results revealed on) Marijuana
Initiative (for medical use) |
| 1126 | Cottman | Infant Mortality Rate Declines Again to
Lowest in City's history--13.1/1000 births v 7.3 nationally |
| 1127 | Harris | In Capitol's
Shadow, the Homeless Feast--DC Shelter serves annual turkey dinner to 1500! |
| DECEMBER, 1998 |
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| 1201 | Editor | Reforming Workers'
Compensation--weak Council bill will further estrange business/labor communities |
| 1202 | Goldstein | City Blocks Needle Exchange Effort--AIDS Official says
new program needs DC Council approval |
| 1212 | Lengel | A Fresh Start for St.
Elizabeth's 80 bldgs--receiver says new hospital cheaper--500 patients v 7000 in
'60s |
| 1213 | Staff | Hospice Groups in DC and NoVA to Coordinate Services thru
affiliation--regional hospice alliance exists |
| 1215 | Timberg | VA Welfare's Next Step:
Aiding the Hard to Help--welfare rolls down 50%--83K--since '95--rest tougher |
| 1216 | Goldstein | Council OKs HMO Appeals Process--lobbyists puzzled by
last-minute changes letting HMOs ignore panel |
| 1219 | Montgomery | Needle Exchange
(suspended by Congress) Returns to DC--private firm adopts program |
| 1224 | Vise | Report
Questions Spending at DC General--IG sees overspending on pay, perks by chief and top
aides |
