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Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community

THE JEWISH NEWS

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Borman Hall Reprieve

The Federal government gives JHA a brief extension to comply
with health codes.

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KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER

he Jewish Home For
Aged, facing mounting
problems that could
force the 212-bed Bor-
man Hall tr lose, got
temporary relief last
week from the federal
government.
At the written request of JHA of-
ficials, who have been working
around-the-clock to correct four of
the state's highest levels of code vi-
olations, the federal Health Care
Financing Administration agreed to
give Borman Hall a 2 1/2-week ex-
tension (until Dec. 1) to clean up its
act.
"The facility must now show
HCFA that it is in compliance with
its codes," said Dave Rector, field
services chief of the Michigan
Department of Public Health, which
conducts inspections for the feder-
al agency. "If it fails to pass its next
state inspection, it will be termi-
nated from Medicare as of Dec. 1."
If HCFA cuts off Medicare, the

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state will be required to terminate
Medicaid reimbursements, Mr.
Rector said.
"In essence, terminating reim-
bursement would close the facility,"
he said.
JHA officials told family members
of residents this week they were op-
timistic the facility will pass in-
spection. Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit officials said
everybody is working hard to keep
the Home open.

UPDATE

"We do not want to fail," said
Markey Butler, a health care con-
sultant from Ann Arbor who was
hired by the JHA to oversee cleanup
of the Home. "We expect the state
to be back here the Monday after
Thanksgiving. And we expect to be
in full compliance."

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Teamsters
Target UHS

UHS bus drivers try again to
form a union.

KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER

T

he International Brother-
hood of Teamsters —
AFL—CIO is petitioning
the National Labor Re-
lations Board to form a
union for United Hebrew
School transportation workers.
The UHS busses provide trans-
portation for Jewish organizations
and non-Jewish groups in the
Detroit area.
Teamster interest in UHS follows
a phone call six months ago from
an employee who said workers need-
ed outside organizing help, said
Teamster organizer Joe Vitale.
But before an election to form a
union can take place, officials must
work out some differences.
At a hearing in Detroit last week
before NLRB Agent Eric Cockrell,
UHS officials argued that UHS is
too small to fall under the rules of

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