TEN The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday Oct. 26, 1978
Nursing home rates discussed by hospital board
Rates charged to residents
of Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital's nursing home was the
topic of lengthy discussion
during a Tuesday night meet
ing of the hospital's hoard of
directors.
Jewell Hager complained to
the board that nursing home
rates for residents not re
ceiving welfare should not be
significantly higher than the
daily welfare patient base rate
of $2:i.2:i. Base rates for
non-welfare patients range
from $27 to $29.50.
Hospital Administrator Bob
Byrnes gave base rate figures
for four other area nursing
homes, showing that Pioneer
Memorial is charging about
the same amount for nursing
home care as the other
LCDC chief hears flood
plain woes outlined in
Morrow County tour
Oregon Land Conservation
and Development Commision
director Wes Kvarsten made
his first trip to Morrow County
on Monday, touring booming
development areas in the
county's north end. and in
specting the flood plain
troubled communities of lone.
Lexington and Heppner.
Kvalstrem expressed con
cern over tone's recently
updated flood plain survey by
the Army Corps of Engineers,
noting that in addition to
causing crippling develop
ment problems, the new flood
plain map will hold up the
community's comprehensive
planning effort.
lone, through the East
Central Association of Count
ies, recently applied to the
LCDC for an extension on
completing its comprehensive
plan in light of the new Corps
findings. ECOAC officials also
requesled an additional grant
of nearly $ iu.ooo from LCDC to
fund the re-planning.
Fred Martin, who has been
involved with Ione's planning
effort, said that the new Corps
survey has already had an
effect on the town's growth,
stating that building permits
for sites in the floodway
designated section of the
town cannot be issued.
Martin also noted that prior
to the Corps findings, lone
planners recognized that there
was some potential flood
danger, and drafted proposed
rules accordingly. "But we
never expected anything near
ly as extensive" as the Corps
flood study, he commented.
After listening to an outline
of Ione's flood plain woes,
Kvarsten stated "shouldn't
this be challenged?"
Martin replied that indeed,
it should, and indicated that
lone town officials plan to take
the Corps' flood plain report to
task.
Kvarsten, who visited the
Port of Morrow facility and
PGE's Carty coal plant con
struction site in his swing
through the county, said he
was pleased with the orderly
growth of booming North
Morrow. "Eastern Oregon
may well be ahead of the
Valley" in terms of planning
for development, he said.
When asked for a glimpse of
what his agency's effective
ness would be like in the event
that Ballot Measure 10 is
approved by voters, Kvarsten
commented that it would
"cripple the state program...
No agency likes to use
authority, but if you don't
have it, you've got nothing."
lone Legion Auxiliary
holds sewing workshop
The lone American Legion
Auxiliary. I'nit 95. met re
cently for a sewing work
session. Several items were
made to send to the Veterans
Administration hospitals.
Ruth McCabe, a guest at the
meeting, brought her sewing
machine and helped make
many of the articles.
Plans were finalized for the
Election Day Dinner to be held
in the Legion Hall on Nov. 7. A
turkey dinner with all the
trimmings will be served from
lunch through dinner time.
Adults and high school will be
charged $:i and grade school
students. $1 .75. Preschool
children will be served free.
Pie and coffee will be avail
able throughout the afternoon.
The Auxiliary will again
furnish donuts, coffee and hot
chocolate after the flag cer
emony at the lone Memorial
Field on Veterans' Day, Nov.
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facilities- -even less in some
instances. Mrs. Hager re
sponded with a cost survey
she had taken for seven
regional nursing homes, show ing
that costs were higher at
Pioneer than any other facil
ity. Mrs. Hager's survey was
based on price quotations for
the care of a specific resident
with certain special needs.
Hospital Board Chairman
Fred Martin said that current
nursing home rates were set
lullouinu .i ol an
auditor's report on the hos
pital's financial situation. He
noted that the hospital board
has never intended for the
medical facility to make a
profit, but adjustments in rate
had to be made in an effort to
trim losses.
Mrs. Hager countered that
"Pioneer Memorial ought to
he making money at $27.50
and $29.5(1. if other nursing
homes in the area who are in
the business lor a profit are
charging less."
Martin responded thai the
nursing home-arid the rest of
the hospital as wellcould
likely break even or even turn
a profit at current rates, if the
occupancy rate was higher. As
a public, non-profit facility,
Pioneer Memorial "must ac
cept everyone who applies,"
while commercial nursing
care facilities may choose not
to admit patients who lack
sound financial backgrounds,
Martin noted.
Hoard members stated that
they planned to continue to
study the nursing home rate
issue, deferring any action on
the question until more finan
cial data can be gone over. A
new auditor's report is sched
uled to be completed prior to
the next board meeting, which
Martin said should aid board
members in making any
decisions.
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