The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 13,1978 THREE
Medicare reimbursement available
Home Health gains certification sfc .;fe cmMf drows Morr(mj
Home Health care in the
tri-county area took a major
step forward last week when
the Heppner-based Home
Health Agency received offi
cial notice of Medicare certifi
cation, providing reimburse
ment for Medicare-covered
services.
The certification, according
to agency director Sheridan
Tarnasky, culminated months
of paperwork and a five-day
certification visit from the
Health Divison of the Depart
ment of Human Resources in
January. It will allow the
agency to continue providing
home health care in Morrow,
Gilliam and Wheeler counties
after current grant funding
expires June 30.
Since its inception in Janu
ary of last year, the agency
has been operating through
part of Tri-County Health's
three-year Rural Health Ini
tiative Grant.
Tarnasky said the Medicare
reimbursement is retroactive
to Oct. 18 of last year and is
valid for services involving
the need for skilled nursing
care. She said two payment
plans are available: Plan A
covers 100 per cent expenses
for up to 100 home visits if the
beneficiary comes under
home health care within 14
days of hospital discharge;
Plan B carries similar re
quirements and covers the
same expenses after a $60
deductable is paid.
The Home Health Agency is
Siting Council.,
Cont. from page 1
Boardman complex.
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for a nuclear plant at the site,,
pending move of the Navy
-from the Bombing Range.
The statement, signed by
Port of Morrow Coordinator
Rupert Kennedy, said, "The
Port of Morrow Commission
respectfully asks your council
to rescind your restriction and
allow siting . at Carty.v.We
would be pleased if you would
accomplish this while you are
in session in Morrow County
the land of excitement."
Lumberjack
Cont. from page 1
As the sawdust settles at the
fairgrounds, musicians from
the Blue Mountain Fiddlers
Association will be tuning up
their instruments for. a two
hour concert scheduled to
start at 7 p.m. in the Fair
Pavilion.
Immediately following the
concert, dancing to music
provided by the old-time
fiddlers will begin, lasting
until 11 p.m.
Admission to an evening of
musical entertainment and
dancing will be adults, $2; and
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designed to provide part time
skilled nursing services in the
patients' heme. Eecause the
agency has neither the time
nor the staff to make daily
visits, Tarnasky described the
role of home health care as
"partly a teaching process,
providing diet information
and psychological support
among other things".
"It's a means of taking the
strain off the family," Tar
nasky said. "This generation
has been getting away from
home health care because it's
been easier to ship the parents
out to full service institu
tions." She said one out of five
persons over 65 will live part
of their life in a nursing home
while studies show that 14 to 25
per cent of them don't need to
be institutionalized. The situa
tion exists mainly because of
lack of community based and
supportive services.
Congress is now trying to
lessen regulations and get
more home health agencies
established but the imbalance
situation is still overwhelm
ing. In 1976, fully 70 per cent of
federal Medicare spending for
persons over 65 went to
nursing homes while only one
per cent went to home care
support.
With the Medicare certifica
tion secured, Tarnasky said
she hopes to expand the
coverage area of Home Health
which now includes Arlington,
Mitchell, Heppner, Condon
The EFSC did not act on or
discuss the Port's request.
Dana Prag, a senior at
Riverside High School, also
gave testimony before the
EFSC, stating the need for
nuclear power plants and the
attractiveness of locating such
plants in Morrow County.
Among those sitting on the
seven-member EFSC is Allan
Nistad of Heppner who serves
as vice-chairman. Nistad is
general manager of Kinzua
Corporation.
Show.,..
senior citizens and children,
$1.
Saturday's lumberjack
competition and fiddler's con
cert and dance are sponsored
by the Fair Committee both to
raise money for fair-related
expenses and to recognize the
importance of the lumber
industry in Morrow County.
The committee invites
everyone to plan a family day
of fun and excitement at the
fairgrounds this Saturday at
Heppner's first-ever Spring
Lumberjack Show.
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Sheridan Tarnasky...heads home health
and Fossil and the area
within a 20-mile radius of each
of the towns.
The agency's five-member
' staff presently consists of
Registered Nurses June Sto
ver, who covers the Fossil
Condon area; Joyce Hicker
son, in the Arlington area ; Pat
Bond, serving the Mitchell
area; and Tarnasky, in the
Heppner area. Melissa Rex
handles the agency's secre
tarial duties.
Nurses Tarnasky and Stover
are currently visiting 13
patients between them while
the other two were recently
added to the staff and will soon
be acquiring more patients.
All patients for the. agency
come through physician refer
ral and fees have been
established by going through
the agency budget and defin
ing costs.
A former RN for five years
at Pioneer Memorial Hospital,
Tarnasky thinks people are
now recognizing the needed
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trend change toward home
health care. She still works
closely with the hospital and
said she has noticed a shift in
attitude on the part' of the
present staff of nurses.
"They view the patients
differently now, they consider
what happens after the patient
leaves the hospital," she said.
Tarnasky said community
response to the efforts of the
agency are both needed and
appreciated. She especially
pointed to the cooperation
received from Mark Murray
of Murrays Drug as well as the
hospital administration. Both
have been extremely helpful
in providing supplies and
equipment when needed, she
said.
Of her efforts in securing the
much-needed Medicare certi
fication, Tarnasky said, "The
paperwork is atrocious and
time-consuming, but it's
worth it. It's extremely re
warding because you can see
the contentment of the people
we are helping."
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High school students in
Morrow County are gearing
up for the third annual Career
Skills Contest at Blue Moun
tain Community College Wed
nesday, April 19.
While applications are still
coming in and it is not known
exactly how many students
will compete in the vocational
skills contest, lone High
School is probably the 'hot
bed' of participation with an
estimated 30 students plan
ning to travel to Pendleton
next week.
lone girls in the past two
years have done especially
well in the home economics
area of the contest, despite
having no home ec program
included in the school's curri
culum. Principal Chuck Starr
explained, "The excellent 4-H
program in lone and the
interest of the mothers should
get all the credit in this area."
Starr said students in the
shop-skills program directed
by Marv Peterson have also
done an excellent job in the
past and several students will
compete in those areas again
this year.
lone High School will also
put more emphasis in the
business skills area, taught by
Bob Deeter, and will send
students under the direction of
Darrel Wilson to compete in
the auto mechanics contest for
the first time.
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Riverside High School plans
to send approximately 24
business education students,
taught by Roberta Jenkins, to
participate in the various
contests dealing with business
skills. Delia Lindsay will also
have some of her home
economics students com
peting in that area of the
Roger Martin plans
Heppner
"Roger Martin is off the
ground and flying in Morrow
County," said Steve Peck,
co-chairman of the county's
Roger Martin for Governor
Committee, after a kick-off
meeting in Heppner Saturday.
Peck said the main topic of
discussion at the meeting was
the candidate's return visit to
Morrow County, scheduled for
Saturday, April 22. Martin will
be on hand at West of Willow
in Heppner begining with a 5
p.m. winetaster party spon
sored by the' restaurant and
followed by a 7 p.m. no-host
dinner, also at West of Willow.
From Heppner, Martin will
move on to Boardman for a
Sunday morning breakfast
-session. The time and place
will be announced soon.
Peck said other aspects of
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vocational skills contest.
Students were still signing
up this week at Heppner High
School for contest participa
tion in two areas. Walter
Pilgrim plans to have students
competing in the business-ed
area, which will include such
skills as typing, shorthand,
office machines and mer
stop
the campaign discussed at
Saturday's meeting included
the involvement of student
campaign workers to assist in
door-to-door campaigning,
surveying, election day activi
ties and generally experienc
ing the enthusiasm of a
campaign. The group also
talked about beginning an
active sign campaign
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