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Approve recommendations to the board. The meeting was on november 9th. How much you would like me to repeat here. There were 9 recommendations as action items we can take in going forward. Would you like me to read those off or should we just im going to assume the commissioners have read them . Yes. I move we approve these recommendations. Is there a second. Second. Great, any questions, comments in just an objects observation and comment. Some of these have a multilayer issues behind them. It ...

Were 9 recommendations as action items we can take in going forward. Would you like me to read those off or should we just im going to assume the commissioners have read them . Yes. I move we approve these recommendations. Is there a second. Second. Great, any questions, comments in just an objects observation and comment. Some of these have a multilayer issues behind them. It would be the Governments Committee to go back with details that might support one or more of these steps. Its not more l...

The general fund statements we just presented from 92. 8 million as of june 30, 2014 , we are projecting to have it increased to 81. 1 million. The general Fund Administrative budget, this is three 3 months is very difficult doing projections because a lot of the expenses are not things that are allocated across 112 every month. Right now we are projecting a balance of 50,000 for the yearend. We have staffed up and we continue to staff up. We have obligations for contracts that we need to meet a...

May have. Commissioner, loo . I have seen, and operating expenses, and all of these contracts, where they were in the San Francisco and the San Francisco senior service, what kind of service are we buying from them . I think that the column to really look at is the column that we separated out for diabetes selfmanagement and this budget includes other Health Promotion programs which is not being modified at all and the only piece that is modified is the column that you know, the diabetes selfman...

With their doctor, and providing lab results in terms of the monitoring and so, i know that the director of 30th Street Center is here and she has been very much involved in the planning stage, and she might be able to actually give a little bit more details of how this is different from the regular chronic disease, selfmanagement class. Yes, please. Good morning, commissioners, this is really a clinical program. And the regular diabetes selfmanagement program is not. And so, what we are doing w...

Buying from them . I think that the column to really look at is the column that we separated out for diabetes selfmanagement and this budget includes other Health Promotion programs which is not being modified at all and the only piece that is modified is the column that you know, the diabetes selfmanagement, and so, what is your question, again . My question is, what kind of service are we buying by giving the Senior Center, 59,000 for three years . I am looking at the operating expenses, detai...

Form in rural and underserved areas. Cms recognizes challenges faced by beneficiaries and providers in rural areas. I look forward to working with hrsa and the congress delivering quality care to Medicare Beneficiaries regardless of their location. Thank you again and im happy to answer your questions. Thank you both. Let me answer a couple of questions and well do fiveminute rounds here. Mr. Morris, the department the budget the administration submitted would have cut your budget by 20 million....

Any real meaning in the real world . I mean, isnt the reality that when we say we are reimbursing more than costs, we only reimburse not all costs are reimbursable. We create this impression that a hospital is getting more than what it costs them to operate. Is there analysis . Can you quantify really what is going on in a hospital when we tell them or when we tell the public that your hospital is getting 101 of costs when its really reimbursable costs . Yeah, that is a as you know, thats a very...

Test new models of telehealth without regard to the geographic barriers and some of the other statutory restrictions. We have a number of very interesting telehealth models that are being tested currently including the health link model i mentioned in my testimony. Thank you very much. Senator moran . Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. Thank you for you and senator murray having this hearing. A very important one certainly from a senator from kansas. But really for the country. Let me start with...

Mr. Chairman and members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. My name is george stover, and i serve as the chief executive officer of hospital district number one of rice county in lyons county. Lyons has a population of 3800. Our community hospital, which first opened in 1959 is a 25bed critical access hospital that employees approximately 150 individuals. Rural Community Hospitals have a long and distinguished commitmentment of providing care for all who seek i...