finis Ballantyne to ll'ed 'Larks in Februar y Israel Tour Offers College Credits Criterion Club Plans Decennial Ball I MISS JA,NIS BALLANTYNE presentx A complete musical package for your party . I-ensuring: • Dick "stein • jeep ', milli • Nlori Little • Criterion Club, a civic, social. brate completion of a decade of and cultural association for single service to its membership and to adults, will host a Decennial Ball the community. p.m. Saturday at the Southfield Greetings will be extended by Civic Center. The event will cele- Southfield Mayor Norman W. Fed- er. Hal }Connor and his Happy Linda Hagclberg to Be' Hour Orchestra will provide music for dancing. The program will include social Acnneth Berlin mixers, a grand march, prizes, color portrait photographs distrib- uted to 10 guests selected at ran- dom. a candle-topped anniversary cake and 31 flavors of ice cream The trouble with law is lawy- The public is invited. For information, call Pearl ers—Clarence Darrow, Greenstein, 399-3718, or Ida Rub- enstein, 548-1926. Sam F. Test Issues Caution on Medicare Billings by Doctors A clerical error in doctors' bill- ing procedures may be costing - Medicare beneficiaries additional fees, reports Sam F. Test, manag- er of the Detroit-Northwest Social Security Office located at 17500 Lahser Rd. There has been a recent increase' in the number of complaints from elderly citizens that doctors are billing for more than the allowed charges for medical services. These complaints are valid when the phy- sician has accepted "assignment" under Medicare. Billing by assignment is one of the two basic ways of submitting medical bills to Medicare and pro- vides that the Medicare payments go directly to the physician. The other method requires the patient to F u bm it his own Medicare claim based on an itemized bill which describes the services rendered.. "With this method, the patient is • responsible for the physicians' full fee" stated Test, "but by accept- ing assignment, the doctor agrees to accept as full . payment the amount the carrier (Social Secu- rity's paying agency) allows for the services performed." Sometimes the carrier reduces the amount of the doctor's actual charge to conform with Medicare payment principles. When this hap- pens, through a lack of understand- ing of the proper Medicare proce- dures, the beneficiary may receive a bill from the physician for the amount of the reduction made by the carrier. This may he an incorrect charge, Test states, if the physician has accepted "assignment." Beneficiaries may become aware of this overcharge from the actual doctor bill or from the Explana lion of Medicare Benefits form re. ceived in the mail from Social Security. Each case of such an overcharge ,Mould he reported to the nearest Social Security office. This can be done anonymously. if desired. Social Security will arranze for an educational contact /with the doctor and obtain a refund for the Medicare patient if an overpay- ment was made. Test said. Of course the refund is not pos.ihte if the patient prefers to remain nameless. If the doctGr continues the in- correct practice after this consult- ation with Social Security represen- tatives, the carrier will be advised to discontinue honoring assignment claims submitted by the doctor. DICK STEIN A opportunity for college students to combine a mid-winter vacation in Israel. sociology of integration course at Tel Aviv University is offered by Eastours Scholastic Journeys. operators of collegiate tours to Israel. Local information can be obtained through Israel Travel Advisory - Service, Oak Park. The following three courses are available in conjunction with three separate 22-day trips: Archeology in Israel, sociology of integration in Israeli society, government and political parties In Israel, The rate !includes tuition for three transfer , credits granted by Tel Aviv Uni- versity upon successful completion of the program. Each course will consist of 30 lecture hours at Tel , Aviv U. plus 10 lecture hours dur- ing related field trips. For information and free bro- chure, contact Israel Travel Ad- visory Service, 12701 W. 10 Mile. ' Oak Park 48237 (398-02031. Serving on the Criterion Club Decennial Ball committee are (from left) Pearl Greenstein, Joseph Feldman, Mildred Madven, William Fleisher, Betty Weinberg, president, Joseph Schreiber, Molly Foster, Milford Krieger, I.ibbie Newman and Dave Glickin. The ball will be held 9 p.m. Saturday at the Southfield Civic Center. Mr. and Mrs. David B. Ballan- ty i.e of Fall River Rd., Southfield, announce the engagement of their daughter Janis Rae to Steven Howard Zacks, son of Mr. and Mrs. .10e1 N. Zacks of Kingshire Dr., uthf ield. Miss Baltantyne and Mr. Zacks are seniors at Eastern Michigan University. A February wedding is planned. !THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, May 19, 1972-29 Inarria yes MISS LINDA HAGELBERG Mrs. Ruth Ilagelberg of South- field Rd., Southfield, announces the engagement of her daughter Linda Lea to Kenneth Mark Ber- tin, sot. of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Bertin of Willowgreen Ct., Franklin. Mr. Bertin was graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelors of science degree in fi- nance and insurance. An October wedding is planned. Love With Israeli in Autobiography of American Girl "My Home Is Somewhere Far Away" is an interesting autobio- graphy by a very young girl. Bonnie Trust Dahan's story, pub- lished by Peter H. Wyden, traces the search for identity, the desire to fit into modern society, the frustrations in social contacts with youth her own age—until Bonnie Trust meets Yacov Dahan. It is a charming love story about a Jewish girl in the communica- tions field -who, upon her gradua- :ion from college in Pittsburgh, goes to New York, gets a job, is confronted by men seeking dates with aims to take advantage of her. Yacov enchants her. He is an • tertainer. He sings well and lays his guitar well. There is a ove affair. They marry. They go xi Israel. Her family becomes reconciled ;o her ambitions. Her craving for srael grows. Back in the United States, there is a life that fits her in amicably with the habits if her husband. In a sense this story is a revolt Against the present-day rebels — !kecatise Bonnie has found herself. the has certainly related hi-1 - ex- ,erience in simple but impre-ssive erns, and there is realism in the definition of her book that her home is "somewhere far away." Language is but little better - than the croak and cackle of fowls and oilier utterances of brute nature —sometimes not so adequate. — Nathaniel Hawthorne. LEITER - COOPER: Mr. Moe Leiter of Knob Woods Dr., South- field, and Mrs. Rebecca Cooper of Los Angeles were recently united ! in marriage, with Rabbi Morton M. Kanter officiating. The cert- mony, which took place in the Leiter's home, was attended by the immediate family, including Mr. Leiter's daughter Mrs. Richard Love, her husband and family. The new Mrs. Leiter has been active in the LOS Angeles Jewish community, particularly with the United Jewish Appeal. • • • STEINHARDT-WEINBERG: In a recent ceremony, Gayle Frances Weinberg was married to Fre d - crick David Steinhardt. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Weinberg of Harvard Rd., •Southfield, and the bridegroom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Milton Steinhardt of Manistee Ave . 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