ocial Sec
to affec
s ude
Do you as a student
18 to 22 recei Social
Security ? If 10, a
recent in the
limits the amount and dura
tion of tho benefit.
C to unmarrfed full-
time students, first paid
in 196p, are paid hen
parent insured under Social
Security dies or
receiving �tirement or di
ability payments. Because
of other student aid pro-
grams estab" ce
1965, how�r, Social
Security student be fi
ill be gradually P
out.
Ho you may be
affected depe on
hether you ere entitled
to a monthly for
Augu 1981 - the month
the law ed - or
hether entitlement started
after that month.
En titled to a en fo
ugu 1981 - If you are,
or soon will be. student
a college or other
appro d po condary
hool, payments generally
can continue until you
finish school, re 22,
or through April 1985
whichever comes first. But
you mu be in full-ti
ttendance before ¥
1982. In addition, the
ne I mak the
changes:
- You on't get checks
for y, Ju , July, or
Augu starting in 1982
even if you ttend 001
tho months .•
- You on't be eligible
for future benefit increase
will other b efi· " .
- The amount of future
yments will be gradually
reduced: 2S per cent
" g with the Septem
ber 1982 c.b (due in
early October); SO per cent
effecti September
1983; 15 per cent
o r ppro
through July, 1982.
There is an excepti n.
If you re
001 after July 1982,
ell s can continue up to
the month yo 're 19 or
until th end of the
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aeme :r or
ch s can oontinl
you complete the c
o for 2 mon after
the month you re 19,
hi r is first.
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include written certifi- es,
cation from the . t's
doctor that inpatient care
. required n ry ,
d a plan of care for the
tient 0 to be d loped
by phy"clan before
ch
cold ," Harder
authorization, in writing,
from the director of the
o chiga.n Department of
ental Health if the y
in the hospital . to be
longer than 30 day.
"It is the intent of the
South em ·chigan
Health Care lation to
continue to giv the com
munity quality care to the
be of our ability "thin
the budgetary limi im
po d by the various federal
and te
Jo ph B. ey, pre tdent
of the South e m
gao Health Care ��
ion. He stre d that tb
n restrictions and limita-
ons ere comin from
federal and te ncie
and not the hospitals.
id.
Elecme dmissio
Friday and Satruday
no longer be p . d according
to SA. 80 eyer, eex
end emergency or urge t
muw" 1St. ODS, such as ob tri
cal p tien , will be p id
before •.
Routine testing for in-
patien upon admission,
such chest -rays and
blood tests, will not be
paid specifJ.Ca11y
ordered by the physician.
According to Harder,
emorial and ercy Ho
pitals have previously dis
continued routine testing
procedures, Furthermore,
. all inpatient psychi tric
patie�ts require' prior
opera
Hospital, St. Jo
ercy Hospital, Benton
Harbor.
Pr ntly, . id bill
are paid by state and
federal go nunent, each
paying SO percent of
total. Harder . due to
co cutting ac ion on
federal Ie I, the federal
go rnment's share in the
future will be 41 percent
of the total, a 10 of 3
percent in medicaid pay
ment . Additionally, the
te· ble to Cuny
fund their SO percent of
th medicaid pr� and
. implementing cllanges
hie ill reduce paynients
to hospitals. "The net
result . that benefits or
utilization patterns will hue
to be ch ged," Harder
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fi d other
cutting.
surgical procedures are to
be done only on an out
patient •.. The pro ..
cudure include· ,
biop·, m type . of
orthopedic procedure, D
and C's, and certain ears,
no and throat surgical
procedures.
Exceptions to this
policy would be a patient
ith a medical condition,
such heart dite or
:vere diabete , that ould
require inpatient care.
Other exceptions would be
if th p tient is having
another procedure done t
the that ould
require hospitalization or if
an adequate out-patient
f cility . not available
ithin a reasonable distance
(within 40 miles).
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Robert·F r, Proj
u of Em-
Berrien County Econo
mic De elopment Corpor •
tion is sponsoring an all
day orkshop for are bu·
De en to'" bring them
up-to-da te on ne state and
local incentive program and
change -in the current la s.·
The or shop will be held
t in Schuler's Re urant
in Stevensville on Friday,
January IS, 1982, from
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ccording to Chu Sch-
renk, Director of Berrien
County Economic De lop
ment Corporation.
There will be
ichigan en from mic De opment, pro-
Berrien County. vide information 0 th
• State of Michigan • n 100,000,000 Eeono-
e and their subject matter mic Development Fund,
are: Dr. John Hani , ortgage Insurance Fund
Director of the Re arch and Stat tde S.B.A.
Division and Chief Econo- "504" Corpora ion,
mi for the Michigan °d Turner, on
Department of Commerce, of Community De", op
speaking on orkers' Com- ment A 0 ce, Office of
pen tion Amendmen, Community De lop
Unemployment Compe Department of Comme ,
tion Reform, Singl Bu· - ill addre iehigan
De Tax Relief and Office of Community
ichigan om of De opment, Urban Land
Economic Development. Bank Fund, Community
ich 1 Finn Director of De Iopment 81 Grant
De lopment Fund and rban Enter-
of Eeono- p 0 Zone Progr
"The edical Service
ciation (MSA) is in the
proee of redetemiming the
payment level to hospitals,
d it appears though
next year's p yment Ie el
be ," Harder ·d.
He ded that it . not
certain at this time exactly
hat the reduction in pay
ment ill be, but indicated
tit t it uld require b-
antial belt tightening in all
for both hOspital .
ew requirement by the
Chang h ve also been
made in the reimbu nt
proce for non-emergency
visits to the emergency
room.
"The SA is encour •
ing medicaid recipients to
the emergency room
only for emergencie and to
visit their private phy "cian
in