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- Round 2 Could Include More Products—Lots More
- Audit Situation: 'Worst I Have Ever Seen'
- MED's Pederson: O&P Might Be Just What the Doctor Ordered
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Round 2 Could Include More Products—Lots More
ATLANTA—While Round 2 of competitive bidding will expand the program to 91 additional cities, that's not all that could expand. The national bidding program might also include a much wider selection of products, according to a joint message from the American Association for Homecare, the National Association of Independent Medical Equipment Suppliers and VGM.
Round 1 of the program hit nine product categories, with Group 2 support surfaces bid in the Miami competitive bidding area only. According to the three industry organizations, that list could grow to as many as 20 categories shared by CMS officials at an April 5 meeting of the Program Advisory and Oversight Committee.
Here is the list of products under consideration for inclusion in Round 2:
1. Oxygen Supplies/Equipment
2. Diabetic Supplies & Equipment (National mail-order program)
3. Standard Power Mobility Devices
4. CPAP/Respiratory Assist Devices
5. Enteral Nutrition
6. Infusion Pumps & Related Drugs
7. Manual Wheelchairs
8. Hospital Beds/Accessories
9. Off-The-Shelf Orthotics
10. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) Devices
11. Walkers
12. Group 2 Support Surfaces
13. Nebulizers
14. Ventilators
15. TENS Devices
16. Commode Chairs
17. Patient Lifts/Seat Lifts
18. Blood Glucose Monitors
19. Group 1 Support Surfaces
20. Lymphedema Pumps
That's all the more reason providers should get in gear to get competitive bidding stopped, industry advocates said last week, urging support for H.R. 1041 to repeal the program entirely. Introduced in March, the bill has picked up more than 80 cosponsors in the House but needs a companion bill in the Senate.
While Congress is in recess and legislators are in their home districts, said VGM's John Gallagher, vice president of government relations, "You need to go across the street and grab your competitor and go to a town hall meeting and make an impact. Numbers are what matter. It can't be just one individual out there crying in the woods."
Seth Johnson, vice president of government affairs for Exeter, Pa.-based Pride Mobility Products, echoed the action call. "The industry needs to meet with legislators to educate them on the problems with Round 1 competitive bidding in order to build enough support to stop it prior to any further expansion of this fundamentally flawed program," he said.
Based on a new timeline for Round 2, CMS will announce the final product categories this summer, although agency officials have called that timeline "tentative."
Under the new schedule, which delays Round 2 by about six months, bidder registration will begin this fall with bidding to open at some point between December of 2011 and February of 2012. Single payment amounts would be announced in the fall of 2012 with contract suppliers revealed in the spring of 2013, and implementation in the 91 additional CBAs would follow in the summer of 2013.
What the delay does, Gallagher said, "is give us this year to kill this.
"I think now is a key time. I have attended two town hall meetings this week and will attend two next week," he said Friday. "It's a good time to talk about health care. People are upset," he said, noting that the public approval rating for members of Congress hovers around an abysmal 7 percent.
"Truly, people out there are mad, and members of Congress are scrambling to find someone who is not wanting to take their heads off," he said. So they may welcome someone talking about the competitive bidding debacle, how it is a job-killer and puts patients at risk and how the industry needs their help, he said.
"It's critical we are out there with [legislators] when they are home," he said. "We need to be the sane people in the room, saying, 'I want to talk to you about jobs, I want to talk to you about health care and what the government is trying to do.'"
Last week, Gallagher recorded a video update discussing the competitive bidding program, H.R. 1041 and the need to take action now.
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Watch the second part of the video.
"What we are trying to do is create momentum to get that Senate companion bill and get that language into a decent piece of legislation and get it to fly," Gallagher said.
That means talking to both senators and representatives, Johnson emphasized.
"There have been some good meetings with Senate offices in recent weeks, and efforts are underway to get a Senate companion bill introduced this spring," he said. "There is no specific timeline set for H.R. 1041 to be passed, but I think most would agree that in order to stop the advancement of the process for Round 2, H.R. 1041 needs to pass this year. That should be our goal."
"We must pull out all the stops to press for repeal of the flawed bidding program," NAIMES' President and CEO Wayne Stanfield told members in the group's newsletter last week. "We cannot stop the bidding nightmare without every supplier getting involved.
"Call the local district office of your representative and senators and schedule a meeting during this recess when they are home. Attend every town hall meeting or other public event possible … The current bidding program is fatally flawed and will fail. It's time to stop it and preserve the industry while looking for alternative solutions to reducing Medicare costs."
Have you had to add staff to comply with the growing number of audits? To vote in HomeCare's monthly Web poll, visit www.HomeCareMag.com.
Audit Situation: 'Worst I Have Ever Seen'
ARLINGTON, Va.—AAHomecare's Regulatory Council has its hands full this year. With ZPIC, RAC, CERT and medical review audits in play, oversight has never been so intense.
"It is the worst I have ever seen," said Kim Brummett, Regulatory Council chair. "We have auditing bodies tripping over each other."
The council met March 31 to focus specifically on audit activity and has identified inconsistencies in documentation requested by various Medicare audit contractors, Brummett said. Council members are currently developing recommendations on exactly what documentation should be requested by auditors for several product categories, including oxygen, CPAP, diabetic supplies, enteral nutrition, nebulizers and power mobility devices.
The goal is to ensure that all audit contractors request consistent documentation that is appropriate and specified under each Medicare coverage policy, said Brummett, vice president, contracting and reimbursement, for Advanced Home Care, High Point, N.C.
With no relief yet, Brummett said, the association is continuing education efforts with members of Congress, staff at CMS and the Office of Inspector General about the problems stemming from "unclear, inappropriate and overly complex" regulatory requirements.
"Instead of just fixing what we have, they just keep piling it on," said Brummett, a 24-year veteran of the HME billing world. She noted proliferating medical reviews from the DME MACs and audits from CMS' Program Safeguard Contractors/Zone Program Integrity Contractors, CERT (Comprehensive Error Rate Testing), RACs (Recovery Audit Contractors) and others. Where the ZPICs are concerned, she said, these contractors have the authority to look across a wide spectrum of services, and in many cases they are looking for indictments.
In some cases, providers may be subjected to pre-pay audits that can equal a near-death sentence, Brummett said.
"If an error rate is over a certain percentage, the carriers are going to do 100 percent pre-pay audit," she said. "When providers get into 100 percent pre-pay audits, they can't survive. Even the ZPICs are doing some 100 percent pre-pay audits, and in the next six months we will start to see people who are just closing their doors." Brummett added that was already happening in some areas, including her own backyard in Charlotte, N.C.
Meanwhile, Brummett said the association council is also monitoring implementation of new anti-fraud provisions enacted under health care reform. These include additional provider screening measures such as application fees, licensure checks, site visits, fingerprinting and criminal background checks, as well as mandatory face-to-face exam requirements for DME.
There's no shortage of additional topics on the watch list either, she said, including modifications to the DMEPOS supplier standards, changes to coverage policies based on elimination of the use of least costly alternative, oxygen and CPAP policy and, of course, competitive bidding.
MED's Pederson: O&P Might Be Just What the Doctor Ordered
LUBBOCK, Texas—If you think the home medical equipment sector is going nowhere these days, The MED Group has a word for you, or three: orthotics and prosthetics.
The member services group has created a new program designed to help HME providers establish a viable O&P operation.
Tim Pederson, who is leading development of the program, introduced the National Orthotics and Prosthetics Network during the company's business meeting at Medtrade Spring earlier this month. Pederson, formerly CEO and president of WestMed Rehab in Rapid City, S.D., and past chair of the American Association for Homecare's Complex Rehab Mobility Council, believes that by adding O&P to their product mix, providers can reinvigorate their futures. With only about 1,800 existing O&P providers, according to the group, there's plenty of room to maneuver.
"Just because things are down in parts of our industry does not mean there are not opportunities," Pederson said. "There are opportunities to get back in the game and be a force in our industry and be successful. This is one thing you can do to make sure you're successful."
That's especially true for providers who are already offering complex rehab, which has plenty of commonalities with O&P, Pederson said. Even as the sector works toward a separate Medicare benefit—which already exists for O&P—there has been much consolidation in the rehab segment, Pederson said.
However, "you won't find companies with O&P and complex rehab trying to consolidate," he said. Why? Because the more stable O&P is saving the day for those providers.
Pederson believes he can help HME companies, even those without a complex rehab foundation, navigate the ins-and-outs of getting into O&P.
"I made a lot mistakes along the way myself in my own business," he said, adding that network providers "can all have the benefit of my mistakes. I have graduated from the school of hard knocks with honors. My goal is to make sure nobody else has to go through that program."
Here are more of Pederson's insights into the new program:
HomeCare: As providers consider diversification, why should they look into O&P? What about this line makes it particularly viable?
Pederson: If you are interested in maintaining your independence, [this is the way to go]. The margins are higher, payment and funding cycles are shorter and the regulation is really not that different [from complex rehab]. It provides the stability and profitability that you're looking for. Revenue diversification is a key component to future prosperity in our business, so why not diversify in the right way and maintain your profit and your revenue stream?
HomeCare: What are the pros and cons of the sector?
Pederson: The pros are that it's already defined as a separate benefit in the DMEPOS category, it has very well defined coding and reimbursement and it is similar to the complex rehab model, so it can be familiar.
There are indicators that some of the off-the-shelf orthotics may be included in competitive bidding, but it's really a small part of O&P. They won't bid that for the same reason they don't bid Group 3 power wheelchairs.
[Also], they actually give medical weight to the notes from the medical practitioner. In O&P, they are considered part of the medical notes. In many cases the O&P practitioner will have hospital privileges.
I think the cons would be expecting too much too soon. You want to build it logically and not expect the moon when you first start. You need to pay very close attention to charting and medical documentation; it is also subject to the crazy audits we are having in the rest of the industry.
HomeCare: What does it take to get into this sector in terms of financial outlay, inventory, staffing, credentials, etc.?
Pederson: Just like complex rehab, you need adequate facilities, but they are very similar to what you already have. In the facility, you are going to need evaluation and fitting rooms. One is going to have to be outfitted with parallel bars for gait training. You need space to fit somebody with a prosthetic and show them how to use it.
You are going to need a fabrication lab and some special fabrication equipment. If you don't have sufficient space, you may need to look at adding more space or reallocating space. You're going to have to have an oven to heat plastic, an area for cutting and grinding. Other than that, it is identical to custom rehab with your patient lounge, your showroom, etc.
The ability to cross-train your personnel is also important. A good complex rehab technician is probably going to become a good O&P technician. There is credentialing available. It is not required, but it is a certainly a nice career path. There are certified fitters.
There are two credentialing bodies for professional staff: the American Orthotics and Prosthetics Association and the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics. You have your certified prosthetist, certified orthotist or joint certified orthotist/prosthetist. This is not something you can just pick up and take an exam; it is very much like a physician model for their schooling. They are compensated very similarly to your better ATPs.
There is some outlay for inventory, but not as much as you think. It's very much like complex rehab—it is a referral business. You meet with the team, outline a solution, figure out funding, then figure out the components of what you need to do for that patient. The outlay for inventory is as the orders come in. You will need to carry some bracing and some components for service and repair, but it's not a huge outlay.
You have to be diligent in wanting to be in this business. It is probably going to be a rough couple of first years if you're starting from scratch, but once you are past that and you are effective in your marketing, you'll be successful.
HomeCare: How long would it take for a provider to get an O&P section up and running?
Pederson: You can have it up and running in a short time. It depends on how hard you work on it. You have to be prepared to have a good marketing plan and get into those referral sources, which are all the same if you have complex rehab. If you work at it as you should, you should see a return in less than the two years I mentioned.
HomeCare: Any caveats?
Pederson: You can't run it as a sideline. It's got to be a focused part of your business. You don't want your O&P division to feel like the stepchild, because then it won't thrive. Much like complex rehab, it's not product-driven, it is referral-driven.
Time Running Out for CEDI Transition
ATLANTA—In only a few more days, direct dial-up options to the Common Electronic Data Interchange will no longer be available. As of May 1, all providers will be required to use an approved network service vendor for access to the CEDI gateway.
Security concerns are driving the switch, according to CEDI contractor National Government Services, which announced its decision in September. Fortunately, there is still time for procrastinating providers to make the transition.
"The only thing changing is the way providers connect to the gateway," explained Tara Mondock, group vice president of healthcare for Ivans, Stamford, Conn., one of the CEDI's approved NSVs. "Providers do not have to change submitter IDs or anything like that. It is swapping out how they connect to the gateway."
NSVs provide a variety of connectivity options, according to NGS, and also offer faster and more reliable connections than direct dial-up. The migration will also align CEDI trading partners with CMS direction for connectivity to the DME MACs for online claim status inquiry.
While nobody relishes a government mandate, Mondock contends that eliminating slower legacy technology will likely add up to a net benefit for most providers. A more robust and reliable connection for submitting claims can only increase efficiency.
Since many providers tend to work with multiple vendors, one connection to administer work flow, control the revenue cycle and check claims status adds up to better business. "This gives them the ability to layer on additional automation and integrate that electronic work flow all across one connection," Mondock said.
Since January, officials at Ivans have seen hundreds of suppliers turn to web-based and broadband technology to migrate off the CEDI's dial-up service. Providers are using the opportunity to verify patient eligibility online; access the CSI system to view the status of a claim, more quickly retrieve front-end edit reports and submit claims and retrieve electronic remittance advices electronically.
NGS said that enrollment forms do not need to be completed to make the NSV transition. Once setup is completed, file transmission can begin right away. For providers who haven't switched, however, this week's priority is to decide on an NSV, set up a relationship and quickly establish connectivity to avoid a disruption in service. NGS noted in a recent message that some providers who have not switched might already be getting a busy signal with their dial-up service.
NGS' approved NSVs are listed below, and additional contact information can be found on the CEDI website at www.NGSCEDI.com under "Telecommunications."
• Ability (VisionShare): www.abilitynetwork.com
• ClaimShuttle: www.claimshuttle.com
• Cortex EDI: www.cortexedi.com
• ECC Technologies: www.ecctec.com
• Ivans: www.ivans.com
• McKesson CareBridge: www.carebridge.net
• MedXpress: www.icssoftware.net/medxpress
• Nebo Systems: www.nebo.com
The National Government Services CEDI Help Desk can be reached via email at email@example.com or phone at 866/311-9184.
And the Medtrade Spring Winners Are ...
LAS VEGAS—This year's new product winners at Medtrade Spring, held April 12-14 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, utilize technology and design to promote quality of life and business opportunities.
Top honors in the New Product Pavilion awards, based on attendee votes, went to:
• The VPOD Freedom wireless oximetry device from VirtuOx, Coral Springs, Fla., which captured the Innovation Award as the new product that best exemplifies top design/high tech/state of the art;
• Sneaker Walker Glides that look like shoes from Drive Medical, Port Washington, N.Y., which took the Merit Award for the new product that best exemplifies improvements in quality of life; and
• Sami the Seal, a kid-friendly nebulizer from Philips Respironics, Murrysville, Pa., which went home with the Providers Choice Award as the new product that best exemplifies optimal use of technology.
Medtrade Group Show Director Kevin Gaffney offered congratulations to the award recipients "for their continual push for new products and enhanced technology. It is an honor to recognize their contribution to patient care and provider options," he said in a release.
The show's Best Booth Award was presented to ResMed, San Diego, for its streamlined style and attractive use of color and design.
Mark your calendar: Medtrade 2011 will take place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta Oct. 24-27, and Medtrade Spring 2012 is set April 10-12 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas. For more information, go to www.medtrade.com. We'll see you there!
HME Company Newswire
Lincare Reports Q1 Results
CLEARWATER, Fla.—Lincare reported first-quarter results April 18 showing net revenues of $431.6 million, a 5.2 percent increase over $410 million in the first quarter of 2010. The increase included approximately 9.3 percent internal and acquisition growth offset by a 4.1 percent negative impact from $16.7 million of Medicare payment changes, the company said in a release.
Net income for the quarter ended March 31 was $46.4 million, a 6.3 percent increase over $43.6 million for the same period in 2010.
"As the year progresses, we look forward to building on our market share gains and driving earnings growth through organic expansion, selective acquisitions and other strategic opportunities," said Lincare CEO John P. Byrnes.
Lincare generated $81.3 million of cash from operating activities during the first quarter of 2011 and invested $24 million in net capital expenditures and $20.6 million in business acquisitions, the company said. As of March 31, total long-term obligations, including current installments, were $509.2 million, and cash and investments were $173.6 million. In February, the company acquired a specialty pharmacy business with $82 million in annual revenue.
While an analyst from Jeffries called the earnings results "lackluster," another from Oppenheimer said Lincare would be a "long-term winner in the oxygen space," according to an April 19 Associated Press report. Oppenheimer's Michael Wiederhorn added that with rates likely to remain pressured, the move to diversify "could set the company up for its next leg of growth."
Reliable Respiratory Launches 'Hot' Campaign
NORWOOD, Mass.—In an effort to emphasize the company's focus on patient compliance and health care cost containment, Reliable Respiratory has launched a marketing campaign that incorporates bottles of Tabasco sauce.
Cards being distributed to referral sources by the eight-year-old company's account reps read, "We're HOT on Compliance & Cost Containment."
Bob Chase, RRT, Reliable's clinical manager, said it's important for individuals with sleep disordered breathing who have been prescribed CPAP devices to use them regularly each night. "When patients are compliant, they feel better, have a more positive attitude, are less prone to accidents and various medical conditions."
He also pointed out that "the better the compliance, the better the chance of reducing health care costs because deeper sleep reduces risks for high blood pressure, heart disease, heart attack, stroke, anxiety, memory issues and more."
With over 40 years in the airway management field, Chase has worked with thousands of patients, including the late actor and disability activist Christopher Reeve and U.S. House Speaker Thomas P. 'Tip' O'Neill. Chase wants to spread the compliance message however he can.
In January, the company began a year-long CPAP Road Tour to take its respiratory therapy experts into the New England communities it serves. The series includes free bi-weekly programs across Massachusetts and Rhode Island for people who have been diagnosed with or may have sleep-disordered breathing. Attendees can try out new CPAP masks, check their CPAP pressure, see the latest equipment and learn sleep tips.
One of the first tour events was highlighted in The Boston Globe. "My goal is to improve the quality of life for my patients," Chase told the newspaper. "The more challenging the cases, the more interesting."
Ten tour events have already been held and more are planned, said Stan Hurwitz, a company spokesperson. Tour sponsors include ResMed, Philips Respironics and Fisher & Paykel.
MAMES Elects New Officers; Invacare Recruits for Compliance Chief; CU Hires Sales Manager
STILLWATER, Minn.—At its annual Spring Convention last month, the seven-state Midwest Association for Medical Equipment Services elected its new executive committee, including: President Julie Weidemann, Palmer Home Medical Supply Services, Iowa, who takes over from Past President Tim Pederson, formerly of WestMed Rehab, South Dakota; Vice President Gerald Sloan, Progressive Medical Equipment, Kansas; Treasurer Jackie Semrad, Reliable Medical Supply, Minnesota; and Secretary Jerry Culver, Central Nebraska Home Care, Nebraska.
New and returning members to the 2011 MAMES Board of Directors include: Iowa, Terry Flatt, Hammer Medical Supply, and Connie Lind- Fraher, A-1 Home Healthcare; Kansas, Mike Conlin, Jayhawk Pharmacy and Patient Supply; Minnesota, Lisa Ziehl, Rice Home Medical, and Al Neumann, Corner Medical; Missouri, Patrick Naeger, Healthcare Equipment & Supply Co., Karen Atkins, Mobility First, and Melissa Fisher, Progressive Medical Equipment; Nebraska, Frannie Greene, Total Respiratory & Rehab, and Cheryl Sander, Tooley Drug and Homecare; North Dakota, Greg Lord, Great Plains Rehabilitation Services, and Barb Stockert, Healthcare Accessories.
Invacare Recruits for Compliance Chief
ELYRIA, Ohio—Invacare announced Friday that Doug Newlin, senior vice president of global engineering, will assume leadership of the company's regulatory team in place of Colleen Craven, chief compliance officer, who has resigned for personal reasons. Newlin has experience working with the Food & Drug Administration from his time at Fenwal, a medical device company and former division of Baxter International. "We are fortunate that Doug's experience allows him to step into this role, while we are actively recruiting for Colleen's replacement. Invacare has many important initiatives underway to enhance its corporate compliance procedures, and we will continue to add resources and expertise to our regulatory affairs and compliance functions," said Gerald B. Blouch, president and CEO, in a release.
CU Hires New Sales Manager
BILLINGS, Mont.—Computers Unlimited has hired Joe Silverthorne to manage and oversee all sales activities for the company. Silverthorne brings seven-plus years' experience in selling enterprise-wide application software and computer systems.
Knight Joins MRC as State Program and Policy Coordinator
NEW YORK—Krystal Knight, MPH, will join the Medicare Rights Center's Washington, D.C., office to serve in the newly created position of State Program and Policy Coordinator. Knight will oversee a new project funded by Atlantic Philanthropies to expand the Center's community-based education and policy programs in five states—Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Maine and Wisconsin.
Hoey Appointed CEO of NCPA
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The National Community Pharmacists Association has appointed Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA, as executive vice president and CEO following the resignation of Kathleen Jaeger. A registered pharmacist, Hoey is the son of an independent pharmacist in Bartlesville, Okla., and previously was the association's senior vice president and COO, a position he assumed in 2005. Prior to joining NCPA's staff, Hoey spent 14 years working in community pharmacies that provided home infusion, long-term care consulting, compounding and full-line DME. "Local pharmacists still face many pressing challenges in both the government and business sectors. These issues wait for no one—not any of us. So I look forward to getting started right away," Hoey said in a release. "My litmus test for NCPA's initiatives and programs will be simple: How do they advance the ability of community pharmacists to care for their patients?"
NACDS Beefs Up Government Affairs Team
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has added Julie Philp as director of federal government affairs, and Joel Kurzman as director of state government affairs. Both will play a role in maintaining the viability of pharmacy access and services to improve patient health and reduce health care costs, according to the association.
In Brief
VGM Offers Audit Assistance; MK Battery Gives Industry Another Boost; More News in Brief
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Group has compiled a team of professional audit consultants and developed a new website that offers help with audits at www.vgmaudithelp.com. Features include a blog detailing the latest audit news and "road maps" to guide providers through various audit processes. VGM audit specialists Mark Higley and Peggy Walker, in conjunction with audit experts James Herren, who was provider relations senior analyst at Cigna Government Services; Wayne H. van Halem, a former Medicare fraud investigator; and attorney Edward Vishnevetsky of Munsch Hardt Health Care group, will provide support to help providers keep their businesses up and running, the company said. "While it's most obvious HMEs would prefer to avoid audits, it remains quite likely that many companies will be audited," said VGM's Walker.
MK Battery Gives Industry Another Boost
ANAHEIM, Calif.—After donating more than $73,000 to industry advocacy efforts last year—$24,356 each, to be specific, to NCART, NRRTS and AAHomecare—MK Battery is working on a "Power for Funding" event that will take place at Medtrade 2011 in Atlanta. Celebrating its 26th consecutive year as a Medtrade exhibitor, the company said it would use the milestone to unite the industry "for an evening of solidarity as providers and exhibitors gather together to reminisce about the past 25 years while raising funds to help weather the next quarter century." MK Battery will underwrite the event with a contribution of $50,000. The fundraiser will be held Oct. 25 at the Omni Hotel, and tickets will be available to all providers. Medtrade and MK are looking to raise additional monies through sponsorships, with the net proceeds once again to be presented to NCART, NRRTS and AAHomecare at the evening gala.
NGS Continues K0823 Prepay Review
INDIANAPOLIS—In a Thursday update, National Government Services, the Jurisdiction B DME MAC, said it is continuing a widespread prepayment medical review for K0823 power chairs. During the first quarter of 2011, NGS' medical review department examined 63 claims that had been developed for additional documentation. Of these, 44 were denied—a 70 percent claim error rate. According to the update, the top issues causing the denials were not responding to the ADR letter within the required 30-day timeframe, and "no medical records submitted, or the medical records submitted did not establish medical necessity."
Earlier this month, the DME MAC said it would begin a widespread prepayment medical review of random claims for CPAP devices (E0601KJ). Suppliers of the selected claims will be sent a documentation request letter must return the requested documentation within 30 days from the date of the letter or the claim will be denied as not medically necessary.
Bill Would Reveal More about Medicare Payments
WASHINGTON—Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., introduced legislation April 14 that would make summary-level Medicare data publicly available to allow better oversight of the program. Even though the government has stepped up fraud detection and enforcement, Durbin said, catching false or inflated claims is a challenge since Medicare pays 4.5 million claims per work day. His Medicare Spending Transparency Act would require CMS to publish information annually about how and what Medicare is paying to individual providers, including amount paid, number of unique patients seen, total number of patient visits and a summary of the services provided. The bill would also lift the restriction on releasing a fraudulent provider's name. All patient identifying information would be protected.
Series of Facts Sheets from MLN
BALTIMORE—The Medicare Learning Network has issued a series of new fact sheets for DMEPOS providers, all available for download:
• "DMEPOS Quality Standards" Fact Sheet
• "The Basics of DMEPOS Accreditation" Fact Sheet
• "DMEPOS New Information for Pharmacies" Booklet
• "Signature Requirements" Fact Sheet
Jurisdiction A Has Openings on POE Advisory Group
HINGHAM, Mass.—The Jurisdiction A Outreach & Education Team currently has membership openings for the 2011 POE Advisory Group, which provides input on provider/supplier education topics, materials and workshops. The group meets quarterly, with the next meeting scheduled May 11 in Philadelphia. For more information on the POE Advisory Group, go to www.medicarenhic.com/dme/dme_POEAG.shtml. If you wish to become a member, contact the O&E Team at 781/741-3950 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
UroMed Named One of Atlanta's Top Workplaces
SUWANNEE, Ga.—UroMed has been ranked among the Top 100 companies in Metro Atlanta's Top Workplaces, published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The urological supply company, among the country's largest providers of disposable catheters, placed fourth out of 50 entries in the small business category. The company was founded by 1992 Paralympics Gold Medal winner Bert Burns, who became a quadriplegic at the age of 20 after being hit by a drunk driver. Twenty percent of Uromed's associates either has a disability or has a family member with a disabling condition. See UroMed's profile on the Top Workplaces list at ajc.topworkplaces.com/company_survey/uromed-inc_atlanta/atlanta_11.
NEMED Taps Comfort Company as Vendor of the Year
BOZEMAN, Mont.—Seating and positioning products manufacturer The Comfort Company has been named vendor of the year by the New England Medical Equipment Dealers association. The association presents the annual award to an associate member (individual or company) "who has promoted the industry throughout the year through grassroots lobbying, other public relations, and/or sponsored a NEMED educational/membership meeting or participated on a committee," according to a release from the company. "We are very honored to be chosen for this award and we are very thankful to NEMED for the continued support they provide to both our company and our industry," said East Coast Sales Manager Jamie Walsh.
SmartDiabetes Line Launches in Walgreens
TITUSVILLE, Fla.—Infopia America announced earlier this month that its new SmartDiabetes product line has launched in 284 Walgreens drug stores in central and northeast Florida, including locations in Jacksonville, Orlando, Lakeland, Daytona Beach and Melbourne. The stores will be the first in the national drug store chain to promote integrated and coordinated management of diabetes with the products among the patient, physician and pharmacist. The SmartDiabetes line features both a blood glucose monitor and blood pressure monitor that can transmit results to a HIPPA-compliant server for both provider and caregiver review.
UpLift Supports Arthritis Research
DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia—Uplift Technologies announced last week that a portion of its May 2011 lift seat sales will be donated to support arthritis research. Recently, several Uplift products were awarded the "Ease-of-Use Commendation" after passing stringent tests developed by the Arthritis Foundation and conducted at the Georgia Tech Research Institute in Atlanta. "Our products lessen the impact arthritis can have on daily living," Michele Fash, the company's marketing manager, said in a release, "and research is critical to develop the tools that will help the millions affected by arthritis."
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Manchester Art Gallery has recently welcomed its 3 millionth visitor through its doors since we re-opened in 2002. And with a consistent satisfaction rate of 99%, that's a lot of happy visitors!
Maybe you're one of those 3 million, if you are we'd love to find out what Manchester Art Gallery means to you. Tell us what impact the gallery has had on your life - big or small.
To get some inspiration, check out our film above, Stories from Manchester Art Gallery, featuring all kinds of people talking about the difference the gallery has made to them.
It's hard to remember that back in the 80s there was nothing much to do to on a wet Sunday when you were desperate to get out of the house with three little children - no Sunday trading back then! On such a day I took my three little children to the City Art Gallery for the first time. As we arrived my daughter, then aged about 3, said, 'I love this house, this is my favourite house! Come and see my favourite man.'
She scrambled up the stairs, led us through the Galleries and stopped in front of a large portrait of a Regency buck with a beauty patch on his face - sadly no longer on display I think.
Unbeknownst to me she had been taken to the Art Gallery by her nursery school in Ardwick several times.
My daughter, now grown up, has never lost her love of art, galleries and museums. She studied some history of art modules at university and now works in a Manchester museum!
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I have loved all the visiting exhibitions you have put on in the last year. Things are looking up at the Manchester Art Galley, and congratulations to whoever has been curating.
Really inspiring, engaging, varied, challenging, exciting, adventurous, and thought provoking - art and installations. Extremely welcome. PLEASE PLEASE keep on going.
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Although I now live in Melbourne, Australia, every two years I come back to visit my favourite gallery when I am 'home' to see Mum & Dad.
As a teenager I spent every Sunday afternoon with my boyfriend gazing up at the beautiful paintings in the gallery. It made the cold and wet vanish as we we were swept up into another world. We used to sit in the cafe and talk about the paintings afterwards then leave with the sunshine inside us. I have maintained my love of art and now I paint myself.
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The art gallery is an inspiring place for my own artwork and also a place to relax, think about the world. So many of the exhibits have a atmosphere that cleanses the mind and entertains the brain. Me, my friends and family all enjoy the Manchester Art Gallery, whether passionate about art or not.
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HBO documentary The Weight of the Nation to be shown at Peru State Thursday, Oct. 4
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(Peru, Neb.) Peru State College is inviting residents of southeast Nebraska to attend a screening of the HBO documentary The Weight of the Nation at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4 in the College Theatre. The event, which is being sponsored by the Peru Student Education Association, is free and open to the public.
The screening will be followed by an open session where attendees can ask questions and discuss options that Peru residents have available to them for proper nutrition and exercise.
Childcare with structured activities for children ages 5 and up will be provided by Peru State elementary education majors in the Al Wheeler Activity Center beginning at 6:45 p.m. and lasting through the end of the screening and discussion.
Associate Professor of Education and Human Performance Lab Coordinator Dr. Kyle Ryan said, "While obesity rates have begun to level off in urban areas, they continue to rise in rural communities. We hope people from across southeast Nebraska will join us to learn more about the causes of this epidemic and what each individual can do to combat it."
The documentary is a presentation of HBO and the Institute of Medicine (IOM), in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente. To learn more about the documentary and movement, visit http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/.
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Transforming Trauma with EMDR: Comprehensive Training (Parts 1 and 2) Week of August 29-September 5 , 2014
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful therapeutic method for healing trauma-based problems. Shedding new light on trauma survival—including sexual and physical abuse, accident and surgical trauma, and grief—EMDR is opening doors of the heart to genuine spiritual transformation.
This course is limited to mental-health professionals who are licensed to provide treatment, and mental-health interns who are currently being supervised by an EMDR-trained supervisor. Through lecture, hands-on practice, and demonstrations, participants will be shown:
• Protocols and procedures for using EMDR with a wide range of diagnostic categories
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• Techniques for working with blocked processing and abreactions (catharsis)
• The use of imaginal and cognitive interweaves
• How to use EMDR with adults traumatized as children
• Methods for developing inner resources used for interweaves, ego strengthening, and client closure
This course has been approved by the EMDR International Association. In accordance with the standards for basic EMDR training, participants must complete this course, receive ten hours of consultation from recommended EMDRIA-approved consultants, and then take Laurel Parnell's Advanced Clinical Workshop and Refresher Course in order to complete the requirements for basic EMDR training.
Participants will be required to submit licensure documentation before attending and must bring copies of their professional licenses or certification to the training. Interns must submit a letter from their supervisors stating that they will supervise the interns.
Required reading: Parnell, A Therapist's Guide to EMDR: Tools and Techniques for Successful Treatment.
Recommended reading: Parnell, Attachment-focused EMDR: Healing Relational Trauma and Tapping In: A Step-by-step Guide to Activating Your Healing Resource through Bilateral Stimulation.
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Secretary of State John Kerry was encouraged yesterday by the idea of a revived and improved Arab Peace Initiative being floated by an Arab League delegation. But the Palestinian Authority wasted no time in pouring cold water on the idea that even this baby step means a thing. Palestinian Authority negotiators dismissed the significance of the statement issued by the foreign minister of Qatar that the 2002 proposal would be modified to recognize the idea of "minor" territorial swaps that would modify the 1967 lines. As far as Erekat is concerned, the Palestinians won't even bother to return to the talks so long as Israel is unwilling to concede the outcome in advance.
"Netanyahu has to say 1967," Erekat told Nazareth-based Radio Ashams. "If he doesn't say that, there's nothing to talk about. For us, what the Arab League delegation presented in Washington is no different from the official Palestinian position."
Erekat noted that the Palestinian Authority had negotiated in the past based on the 1967 borders and had been willing to adjust 5 percent to 7 percent of the border.
"We don't see that as recognition of the settlement blocs, as some commentators on both sides try to interpret it. For us, every stone in the settlements constitutes a violation of international law, so it's impossible to talk about Palestinian consent regarding the settlements," he said.
"Our position is clear: As long as Netanyahu does not say the number 1967, there's nothing to talk about. Maybe he needs to undergo psychological therapy to utter that number."
But if the Palestinians are really interested in peace, it's they who need the therapy. By issuing demands in this manner, Erekat is not just directly defying President Obama's call for them to come back to the peace table without preconditions. Nor is his attempt to justify a continued refusal to talk just about borders. It's part of a strategy the Palestinians have been pursuing for more than four years. Since the PA knows it has neither the will nor the ability to sign a peace agreement recognizing the legitimacy of a Jewish state no matter where its borders are drawn, their goal is to avoid any diplomatic setting at which they might be forced to admit this, as they did when they turned down peace offers in 2000, 2001 and 2008.
If the PA had even the slightest interest in negotiating rather than grandstanding, they would have jumped on the opportunity Kerry is foolishly offering them and agreed to show up anywhere and anytime to talk about peace. They would be vowing to hold Netanyahu at his word about wanting to create a two-state solution–which he repeated this week.
Instead, they are waving the banner of the 1967 lines as if it were any kind of real impediment. PA leader Mahmoud Abbas and his mouthpiece Erekat know very well they are not going to get any Israeli government to give up every settlement bloc or surrender Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem. But they also know that the Israelis have already offered them deals that would have given them the independent statehood they say they desire and would have no choice but to do so again were they embroiled in a serious negotiation involving the United States.
Netanyahu has rightly refused to accept the 1967 lines as a starting point for negotiations. It hardly needs pointing out that prior to 1967, when every inch of the territories were off limits to Jews, there was neither peace nor a Palestinian state. Though the Israelis have made it clear they will give up the overwhelming majority of the West Bank, there is no reason for them to concede all of a territory to which both sides have legitimate claims, especially without getting anything in return. While most Israelis now accept that separation from the Palestinians is necessary, they are also not so foolish as to allow the West Bank to be transformed into a mirror image of the independent Palestinian state in all but name that currently exists in Gaza.
Diplomatic sloganeering aside, the PA knows they can't sign a deal with Israel even if it was on the terms they claim to support since doing so would mean giving up the so-called "right of return" to Israel for the descendants of Palestinian refugees, which remains an implicit part of the Arab Peace Initiative that Kerry lauded. That will never happen so long as Hamas is a major player in Palestinian politics. With the Islamist terror group still firmly in control of Gaza and a potent threat to Abbas's Fatah in the West Bank, the notion that the PA is willing to do what is necessary to make peace is farcical.
What's going on now is not the prelude to negotiations but a shadow game in which the Palestinians' sole objective is to find a rationale to avoid talking. If the United States wishes to actually advance the admittedly dismal chances for peace, President Obama must instruct Kerry not to be suckered into making the same mistakes his administration made in his first term. For years, the president did everything in his power to tilt the diplomatic playing field in the direction of the Palestinians, but was rewarded for his efforts with nothing but evasions from Abbas. The president's rhetoric during his recent trip to Israel seemed to indicate he had learned from that mistake. He should not let Kerry repeat it.


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Gorton's Seafood sure has come a long way since I was a little girl. Just in case you have not had any Gorton's lately they now come in resealable bags and they have a wide variety of products unlike just the breaded fishsticks kids love. Some of my favorite that we have during dinner are the Lemon Herb Breaded Fillets and there Five Star Tilapia which includes their Tilapia Lemon Peppercorn Grilled Fillets. I like that I never have to worry about their seafood not tasting fresh.
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Gorton's Grilled Shrimp Scampi already comes marinated with real herbs and spices and flame-grilled with garlic and butter, this makes it really easy to prepare a quick meal. Especially on the days when you and your family are really busy. I just added olive oil to my pan and fried them up for 12-15 minutes just as they came.
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COLUMBIA — South Carolina linebackers coach Kirk Botkin wants his players to take copious notes in his meeting room when he reviews film and teaches them their responsibilities in the Gamecocks' defensive alignments and pass coverages.
Each player has his own notebook to fill with what he learns during meetings. It is an important resource, especially as players adjust to college football's complexities. Yet whenever Botkin scans the meeting room, he notices the writing in T.J. Holloman's notebook is sparse.
"I see him not taking a lot of notes," Botkin said. "But he can answer everything."
When Botkin asks his linebackers to identify something on the screen or describe what gap they're supposed to fill on a play, he rarely stumps Holloman, a redshirt freshman who has quickly established himself as one of USC's smartest players and a potentially valuable member of a position group that lost all three starters after last season.
Soon after Holloman arrived last summer, senior free safety D.J. Swearinger noticed how fast Holloman caught on during practice and how sure he sounded in conversations. So Swearinger gave Holloman a nickname that stuck — Doc. Holloman embraces it, but admits it is not entirely accurate, because he does not envision himself practicing medicine.
"I'm more of a math guy," he said.
Holloman, who attended a private Catholic school near Atlanta, is now enrolled in USC's well-respected Darla Moore School of Business. Though crunching interest rates and remembering gap assignments to tackle a 200-pound running back are entirely different skills, Holloman translates his intelligence well to the field.
Holloman and Kaiwan Lewis, who played special teams last season as a true freshman, are practicing this spring at both the Mike and Will linebacker spots. The Mike is the middle of the three linebackers and is responsible for aligning the defensive front. So he must know his teammates' duties on a play in addition to his own.
"Both of those guys are doing, for young guys, outstanding jobs of setting the fronts, talking, communicating," Botkin said.
Linebacker was the most uncertain position on USC's entire team entering this spring. Sophomore Will linebacker Cedrick Cooper is out for the spring after undergoing knee surgery, and though he might push Holloman for that spot during August practices, Botkin feels fairly comfortable right now with Lewis starting at mike and Holloman at will. Holloman played only will during practice last season, but has adjusted to the demanding mike spot.
"Sometimes, on the blitzes, I get out of my gap assignments, and I get jumped on for that," Holloman said. "But the hardest thing about (Mike) is setting the fronts. I actually like Mike better, because you understand the total defense."
Lewis was a dedicated Mike last season, as were current redshirt freshman Jordan Diggs and junior Sharrod Golightly at spur. They now compete for the starting job, but if Botkin is going to rotate any linebackers during games, he said spur is the most likely spot, at least right now.
Golightly split practice time in 2011 as a spur and strong safety. He became exclusively a spur in the spring of 2012. The spur is a hybrid role — part linebacker, part safety. But because Golightly and Diggs are 179 and 197 pounds — waifish compared to last year's spur, 241-pound DeVonte Holloman — Botkin expects to use them more in man-to-man coverage on slot receivers.
Yet they will need to encounter bigger blocking tight ends at times. In these moments, Golightly hopes to use the hand placement techniques he learned from DeVonte Holloman's predecessor, 202-pound Antonio Allen.
"You've just got to be quicker with your hands than the other guy," Golightly said. "If he gets his hands on you, if you're a smaller guy, it's kind of a wrap."
This spring is a learning experience for all three linebackers, whether Golightly is using tricks Allen told him, or T.J. Holloman is sitting in the meeting room, absorbing with only his eyes.
"I just visualize it – see it and remember," Holloman said. "If (Botkin) tells us to write it down, I write it down. But I'm a very visual learner, so I learn just off of seeing."
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This year, Villafane was invited to the New York Botanical Garden, to carve the world's largest pumpkin. He whittled away at the 1,818.5 lb specimen, creating an animated scene of fearsome zombies and demons breaking through the pumpkin's shell. It's a remarkable undertaking, yet one with a short life: pumpkins do not last forever, and neither does the holiday demand.
But that's okay with Villifane; on the limited season for this medium, the artist remarks "It's kind of like that holiday dessert that you only have once a year. Your memories of it are really heightened and you become more emotionally attached to it." When it's not pumpkin season, the artist sculpts wax prototypes of action figures for clients such as DC Comics.


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Keep your barn smelling fresh
A smelly barn is unhealthy and unpleasant for horses and people, an ideal breeding place for flies, and a common source of friction between neighbors.
Most barn odors, including ammonia vapors, come from the urine and feces of horses. Horses that breathe even a low level of ammonia can suffer weight loss, respiratory problems, and pneumonia. Foals are especially vulnerable since they're much closer to the ground where heavy ammonia vapors settle.
Here's how to keep you barn smelling fresh.
Limit Stall Use
When planning a new barn, provide one or two extra stalls so you can rotate horses to let vacant stalls dry thoroughly.
Horses are generally much healthier when kept outdoors, so use stalls in the barn only when necessary, such as during extreme weather or for recovery from an injury. Use pens and outdoor shelters so horses can urinate and defecate outside, not in the barn.
Maximize Sunlight and Air Flow
Design your barn so sunlight can shine on the stall floors for part of the day to dry the stall and reduce odors. Good ventilation is especially important in insulated barns, which are relatively air tight. Maximize airflow throughout the barn by installing vents in the roof or at the tops of the walls. Locate doors and windows at opposite ends of the barn for cross ventilation.
Make Stall Cleaning Easy
Remove the source of odors by cleaning stalls at least twice a day, more often if possible. Adding fresh bedding on top of old just means more manure and soiled bedding. It's easier and faster to keep a stall clean than to overhaul one that's been let go for a day or more.
Make stall cleaning easy so you'll do it regularly. Prepare the stall properly, choose the right tools for the job and find a good way to dispose of the used bedding.
Use Mats and Absorbent Bedding
Solid rubber stall mats make the best stall floor. Along with absorbent bedding they prevent urine from soaking into the floor and making a smelly mess. Remove wet bedding with each cleaning.
Straw provides a soft bed when its fluffed up and is excellent for foaling. But it's difficult to separate fecal balls from straw and it's not very absorbent, so moisture remains on the floor.
Wood shavings or sawdust are more absorbent than straw, but very fine sawdust can be dusty and harmful to your horse's respiratory system. Feed and farm supply stores generally stock good quality dried wood shavings in bags or bales that are easy to handle and store. Some wood shavings are aromatic and help cover unpleasant odors but avoid shavings from walnut trees because they're toxic to horses.
Choose the Right Tools
Plastic forks are good for picking fecal balls out of fine bedding like sawdust that will sift through the tines. They're strong, light, and durable. A sturdy steel "silage" fork works better with coarse bedding such as straw and large wood shavings, and is also better than plastic on uneven surfaces such as a dirt floor. Forks with lightweight wire tines, called apple pickers, don't work very well for anything.
Use a steel or aluminum scoop shovel to scoop up wet bedding.
Manure Movers
A well-balanced two-wheeled cart works best for cleaning stalls. Choose either a plywood farm cart with bicycle-type wheels, or a durable plastic cart. Most carts are easy to maneuver around a stall with one hand, unlike a single-wheeled wheelbarrow, which require two hands to move and can be difficult to balance. Choose a cart that's narrow enough to fit easily through your stall doors. Some carts are easier to dump than others - try before you buy.
Stall Fresheners
Hydrated lime (calcium hydroxide or slaked lime), although commonly used to sprinkle on stall floors to reduce odors and soak up wet spots,. isn't safe for people or horses. It is strongly alkaline and can cause drying and irritation of the skin, mouth, throat and internal organs. Breathing lime dust can cause irritation to throats and lungs.
Products made from zeolites, such as Sweet PDZ Horse Stall Refresher and Stable Boy, cost about the same as hydrated lime but are much safer, more absorbent, and far more effective at reducing odors. Zeolites are a group of naturally occurring minerals, hydrous silicates, which were deposited as a result of volcanic activity millions of years ago. They are essentially non-toxic to people and animals, whether ingested, on the skin, breathed, or in the eyes. There's no need to let the stall dry out completely when using zeolites. Just remove wet bedding, cover damp floor areas with 1/16" to 1/8" of zeolite product followed by a layer of dry bedding, and return the horse to the stall. The zeolites will absorb any remaining moisture and odors and hold them until the next stall cleaning.
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A candidate in the most competitive race for the Montgomery County Board of Education is taking a different approach to campaigning — he is putting in his own money and spending twice the amount of the other.
With one week until the election, Fred Evans has spent $29,743 and Rebecca Smondrowski has spent $12,773, according to campaign reports filed Friday. This does not include $6,000 that Fred Evans donated to his own race and then paid back to himself later.
The two are vying for the District 2 seat on the school board, which is now held by Laura Berthiaume of Rockville, who is not seeking re-election. The district includes the Northwest, Quince Orchard, Thomas S. Wootton and Richard Montgomery areas.
Evans, of Rockville, spent $11,412 since January to pay two part-time staff members — one who made phone calls and the other who served as a campaign adviser, getting paid $1,000 to 1,500 each month since January.
Smondrowski, of Gaithersburg, has not hired any staff and she said she has relied on volunteers.
Evans also spent about $10,000 on designing, purchasing and mailing postcards, while Smondrowski's postcards and stamps cost about $625.
About one-third of the amount Smondrowski spent, or about $3,000, went to lunches, meetings and the cost of getting to the events.
Evans said he put in $12,225 of his own money because, of all the parts of campaigning, he is least comfortable with asking people for money. He said he hired his campaign adviser, Abraham Saffer, because he needed someone who had that type of experience.
"He had a good reputation, and I think the proof is in the pudding," he said. "He gave our campaign the focus it needed."
Smondrowski put $25 into her campaign. She said she spent her money carefully, given that she didn't have money of her own to throw into the race.
"I was very fortunate that I have enough people who solidly believe in me and have been willing to give up their time and energy," Smondrowski said. "… I have to think carefully about how I spend every dime of the funds that people are giving me."
Three seats of seven are open on the school board this year — board member Christopher Barclay of Takoma Park is facing Annita Seckinger of Silver Spring for the District 4 seat and board member Philip Kauffman of Olney faces Morris Panner of Chevy Chase for an at-large seat. Voters are able to vote for someone for all three open seats, regardless of district.
According to their finance reports, Barclay raised $5,000 in the primaries but did not spend any of it; Kauffman raised $7,270 and spent $6,040; Seckinger and Panner both submitted affidavits that stated they did not raise or spend more than $1,000.
Board members, who serve staggered four-year terms, are responsible for overseeing 146,000 students in Montgomery County Public Schools and a more than $2 billion school system budget.
Smondrowski, a 13-year resident of the county, has two children in the school system and has volunteered much of her time in schools and advocating for schools funding through leadership roles on the PTA and other community organizations.
Evans, a 41-year resident of the county, is a retired teacher and principal, and an adjunct education professor. He was most recently principal at Gaithersburg High. He also has a child in the school system. He ran for the County Council in 2010.
In the primary, Evans received 14,429 votes, for 24.8 percent of the vote, and Smondrowski received 13,213 votes, for 22.2 percent of the vote.
Smondrowski raised $18,005 and Evans raised $18,995 from others since January, according to the reports.
Smondrowski received $7,000 from political action committees — $6,000 from MCGEO and $1,000 from SEIU, and Evans received $6,000 from Maryland State Education Association.
Evans received funds from several longtime principals and staff members from the school system, such as Wootton High principal Michael Doran, community superintendent Donna Hollingshead, while much of Smondrowski's funding came from elected officials in the state, such as delegates Brian Feldman, Charles Barkley and Kirill Reznik. County Executive Isiah Leggett's wife, Catherine Leggett, donated $250 to Smondrowski.


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Superstorm Sandy's size at landfall in N.J.: 1.8 million square miles.
Number of trees removed or trimmed to restore power in New Jersey: 48,000.
Number of national parks affected: 70.
The 200-page federal Housing and Urban Development Department "Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Strategy" has a boatload of statistics on superstorm Sandy.
Here are some of them:
- $65 billion in damages and economic losses.
- 200,000 small business closures from damage or power outages.
- 2 million working days lost.
- $58 million in damages to the recreational fishing sector.
- At least 159 deaths.
- 72 U.S. deaths directly caused by the storm.
- 87 U.S. deaths indirectly related to the storm.
- 8.5 million customers without power.
- $1 billion (estimated) to repair power and gas lines in N.J.
- 650,000 homes damaged or destroyed.
- 6,477 storm survivors in shelters at the peak of the disaster.
- 67 percent of N.J. renter registrants with FEMA had low income.
- 8 flooded tunnels.
- 25 percent of cell sites out of service in 10 states.
- 6 New York City hospitals closed.
- 2 N.J. hospitals evacuated.
- 100 percent of open N.J. hospitals used emergency generators.
- 14-foot storm surge in New York City
- 32.3-foot peak wave height recorded off Monmouth County.
- 36 inches of snow in Richwood, WV, and Wolf Laurel, NC.
- 12.83 inches of rain in Bellevue, MD.
- 65-knot winds recorded on Great Gull Island, NY.
- 83-knot gust recorded at Eaton's Neck, NY.
- Disasters or emergencies declared in 13 states: CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA and WV.
- Homeowner and residential property claims: 328,946 for $1.56 billion in New Jersey, 501,447 for $2.1 billion in New York.
- Auto claims: 54,642 for $530 million in New Jersey; 109,833 for $1.5 billion in New York.
- Residential flood insurance claims: 70,787 for $3.1 billion in New Jersey; 54,894 for $3.2 billion in New York.


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Vegetarianism: An Alternative Kashrut
The author argues that our evolving religious sensibilities should bring us to recognize vegetarianism as a new mitzvah.
By Rabbi Arthur Green
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Reprinted with permission from Seek My Face, Speak My Name: A Contemporary Jewish Theology, © 1992 by Jason Aronson, Inc. (The italicized portion is italicized in the original.)
I believe the time has come for us to reconsider the question of whether we should continue to consume animal flesh as food. Our tradition has always contained within it a certain pro-vegetarian bias, even though it has provided for the eating of meat. In the ideal state of Eden, according to the Bible, humans ate only plants; we and the animals together were given the plants as food. Only after the expulsion from Eden, when the urge overwhelmed humans and led them toward evil, did the consumption of flesh begin.
The very first set of laws given to humanity sought to limit this evil by forbidding the flesh of a still-living creature, placing a limit on acts of cruelty or terror relating to the eating of animal flesh. The Torah's original insistence that domestic animals could be slaughtered only for purpose of sacrifice, an offering to God needed to atone for the killing, was compromised only when the Book of Deuteronomy wanted to insist that sacrifice be offered in Jerusalem alone.
Realizing that people living at great distance could not bring all their animals to the Temple for slaughter, the "secular" slaughter and eating of domestic animals was permitted. Even then, the taboo against consuming blood, and later, the requirement to salt meat until even traces of blood were removed, "for the blood is the self" of the creature, represent a clear discomfort with the eating of animal flesh.
Most significantly, the forbidding of any mixing of milk and meat represents a proto-vegetarian sensibility. Milk is the fluid by which life is passed on from generation to generation. It may not be consumed with flesh, representing the taking of that life in an act of violence. The fluid of life may not be mixed with that of death. As the Torah says of the hewn-stone altar, "For you have waved your sword over it and have profaned it."
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