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text: Thursday, March 06, 2014 Humana Completing MPPR Refunds, Delays Policy Implementation The Humana health insurance corporation has nearly completed processing refunds owed to practitioners who were incorrectly billed during an "overpayment recovery" process last year. The overpayments were part of Humana's attempt to implement the multiple procedure payment reduction (MPPR) policy retroactively, and the problems have contributed to a Humana decision to hold off on full MPPR implementation until the system can run more smoothly. Last summer, APTA raised questions about the accuracy of the overpayment calculations and concerns about the administrative burden of the overpayment recovery process on physical therapist (PT) practices, among other issues. As a result of those efforts, Humana temporarily ceased application of the MPPR policy in December 2013 to focus on correcting their payment logic and refunding inappropriate overpayment recoveries. Humana will delay MPPR implementation until the policy can be applied accurately and timely during initial claims processing. Humana representatives acknowledged that application of the MPPR policy is complex, and the overpayment recovery application of the policy caused unnecessary burden for PTs. The company is testing application of the MPPR policy and anticipates making an announcement about startup of the MPPR policy on initial claims in the near future. Humana will notify APTA in advance of the implementation date, and APTA will update members in a future News Now story. Comments Last year we were told the new MPPR rate would only amount to a 6-9% reduction in payment. For 2013 the reality is is 35% for a one hour treatment session. Who dropped the ball on this one? If things stay at this level we will see closure of many Private Practice clinics. This is unsustainable. R.P. Mann, PT, OCS #39825 Posted by Robert Mann -> ?OX\A on 3/11/2014 11:55 AM

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S.A.S.S! Yourself Slim: Conquer Cravings, Drop Pounds and Lose Inches (formerly published under a different title) can profoundly change the way you look and feel in just 30 days. Many of the women I counsel live in diet chaos—irregular meal schedules, binge eating, or undereating followed by rebound overeating. This book ends that chaos by establishing order, but you won't feel like you're in diet boot camp. Unlike many weight loss plans, my approach isn't about starving, restricting, or depriving yourself. It's all about giving your body precisely what it needs to get to your ideal weight while feeling energized, nourished, and satisfied every step of the way.The book is set up as a 30-day plan with two parts:
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The Indiana State Bar Association's Federal Judiciary Committee is currently seeking nominations from federal judges, the public, attorneys practicing in Indiana's federal courts, and a candidate's peers for the Henry Hurst Judicial Assistance Award. The Hurst Award is named in memory of Henry Hurst, the first federal clerk of the district court of Indiana, sworn in on May 5, 1817, and serving the entire State until 1835. Henry Hurst exemplified the importance of having highly skilled personnel assisting the federal judiciary in order to promote justice and efficiency of the courts.
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JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga.—Playing in a field featuring nine top-25 opponents, the Birmingham-Southern women's golf team finished 17th this weekend at the Jekyll Island Collegiate Invitational at Indian Mound Golf Course in Jekyll Island, Ga.
BSC shot 1064 (348-355-361), led by senior Ellen Chun with 247 (80-86-81), finishing 34th.
"I am very proud of the women's team and their efforts here at Jekyll," Head Coach Jason DeJiacomo said. "They played a tough course and in some windy conditions that progressively got worse each day. With the help of our volunteer assistant, Jordan Hardy, this team was able to pull together and put up some good numbers. We are very appreciative of Jordan's help this past week."
No. 15 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps won the tournament with a team score of 943 (327-314-302), and No. 4 Texas-Tyler's Laura Lindsey won the individual crown with 223 (79-68-76).
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What is it about Pennsylvania and Maryland these days? Has every educator in those states gone stark, raving mad? So it would appear. From Fox News we learn:
"The School District of Philadelphia is defending its decision to scold and search an elementary school student who pulled out a paper gun in class.
A district spokesman said the school acted swiftly and appropriately when 5th grade student Melody Valentin allegedly told classmates she had a handgun on her, MyFoxPhilly.com reported.
Melody and her mother, Dianna Kelly, deny she ever used the word 'handgun."
Well thank goodness the educators involved acted so promptly to protect students from what appears to be the dangerous threat of a potentially nasty paper cut. Those things can get infected, you know:
"According to Kelly, Melody realized she had the paper gun with her and put it on her desk while preparing to throw it away. Melody's grandfather, a marine specializing in firearms reportedly gave it to her the day before.
A classmate spotted the piece of paper and contacted administrators."
A paper gun? A depiction of a firearm, on paper? She wasn't waving it around and shouting about shooting people? She didn't even point it–a paper depiction of a firearm–at anyone?
"He yelled at me and said I shouldn't have brought the gun to school and I kept telling him it was a paper gun but he wouldn't listen,' Melody told MyFoxPhilly.com."
According to the Washington Times, the educator reaction was even more out of the bounds of reason and rationality:
"Melody's mother, Dianna Kelly, said her daughter's classmates at D. Newlin Fell School had taunted her child, calling her a 'murderer."
Fox 29 reports the young girl was berated in front of the class, threatened with the police being called and searched while the other children watched.
Ms. Kelly said her daughter has since been suffering from nightmares.
'Why did he threaten my daughter?' Ms. Kelly asked during an interview with The Daily Mail. 'Why did he stand over my daughter and tell her that he should call the cops on her? Why did he try to scare her?"
That's a good question Mrs. Kelly. Back at Fox, the school district responds:
"Fernando Gallard, a school district spokesman told MyFoxPhilly.com the district acted within its guidelines in responding to the situation, and cited another case where a handgun was recently found in a backpack in another school."
Let's travel quickly back to the Washington Times for a bit of perspective on these tiny terrorists:
"Tensions have been high since the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in Newtown, Conn., with many instances since where students are punished for carrying objects or making gestures that are shaped like guns.
Just last week, a Pennsylvania girl was suspended from kindergarten after she told another girl she was going to shoot her with her Hello Kitty toy gun.
A 6-year-old boy was suspended from his school in Silver Spring, Md., on Jan. 3 for pointing his finger at another student and saying 'pow."
I trust the Philadelphia school district will now pour over all of its textbooks, and particularly history texts, so that when a student inadvertently opens a page to a depiction of a gun (the Revolutionary War, WWI, WWII, etc.) everyone in that school will not have to immediately duck and cover and go to code red! Why the destruction a depiction of a gun could cause is…is…is…unimaginable, particularly if rendered in color or on card stock!
I trust I need not go into great detail about precisely why this sort of behavior on the part of adults is irredeemably stupid and abusive? And of course, there has to be a sad postscript:
"Kelly has kept Melody out of school to avoid harassment and said she will now have her home schooled."
At least Philadelphia schools are now protected from the paper gun scourge. Everyone can feel safe, and after all, aren't feelings what really matter?


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TAMPA — Just got back from a pregame chat with Jays manager John Gibbons — OK, I'm lying, I JUST got back from lunch, but we did talk with Gibby about a few items this morning.
Of note is the fact that Gibbons said the Jays should have their roster set before the team heads to Philadelphia for a pair of exhibition games (March 28-29). Gibbons added that a decision on whether to keep Shannon Stewart or Reed Johnson on the roster will probably be made in the next few days.
Gibbons said that a few teams had contacted the Jays about possible trade scenarios for either Johnson or Stewart, so that's one possibile way that the situation will be resolved. Toronto's manager said he felt it would be best for the two players to come to a decision soon.
Gibbons also said that he heard catcher Sal Fasano's comments about being unwilling to accept a Minor League assignment: "I heard that he said he wouldn't go to Triple-A. I can't blame him. I really couldn't. I mean, there's no playing time for him down there anyway. I'd love to see him get an opportunity somewhere else."
While the Jays are in Philly, Gibbons said pitchers A.J. Burnett and Shaun Marcum will remain in Florida to get some work in. Dustin McGowan pitched in a Minors game this morning, but there's still no word on how he did just yet. It's been sprinkling here, so we'll see how much of this game is squeezed in between the rain drops.
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I've been using PyBlosxom for the last few years for my online presence here, and while it certainly does the job, I have a habit of getting bored with stuff that works after a while. So, I'm in the process of whipping up my own blog using Django, because hey, web frameworks are the new red. Or something. :-)
Actually, real reason is that PyBlosxom is category-centric; there's no real inherent understanding of a post having multiple categories (perhaps tagging/multi-category functionality is there in a newer version, but upgrading has always been difficult because of a few changes I've made). I found most posts I made ended up touching on multiple categories; racing and geek stuff often overlap, for example. So, lacking native tagging of articles, and not wanting to mess with some of the tag add-ons I've seen for PyBlosxom, I figured I'd just write my own.
What's interesting about this move is that the most recent framework I have experience with is Rails, so it's been interesting to see a Pythonista spin on the idea. What's funny is that, from a functionality perspective, they're really quite similar. Scaffolding, database interaction, view and administration generation are all disquietingly similar. Except, you know, that Ruby vs. Python thing. ;-)
As expected, the basic blog application was a snap. I've been spending most of my time on "fit and finish"; putting together template tags for displaying the sidebar calendar, working out a quickie scheme for importing all the old data, and adapting my current "static" content to the flatpages contrib framework. I'm also trying to make sure I don't break the old URLs too badly.
Once I have most of what PyBlosxom does for me today implemented, I'll probably just cut over at that point. Afterward, I'll concentrate more on some of the specialty stuff I'd like to pull in: timeslips, logs from the cars, dive logs, etc. Fun stuff. :-) And at some point, I'll throw the whole project into SVN so others can poke at it. (I might have to post up my calendar template tag on Django Snippets at the very least, since the only other one up there uses datetime instead of the new calendar module.)


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Doing the proper research can go a long way when preparing to enter the stock market. Professional investors typically make sure that all the necessary research is completed when making crucial decisions. Of course, all the research in the world cannot guarantee success in the markets, but it can help to keep the investor one step ahead of the class. Understanding how the stock market functions can help the investor gain the confidence to start conquering the terrain. Building confidence in investing decisions can play a big part in the future success of the individual's portfolio.
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Some of the best financial predictions are formed by using a variety of financial tools. The Price Range 52 Weeks is one of the tools that investors use to determine the lowest and highest price at which a stock has traded in the previous 52 weeks. The Price Range of Vatic Ventures Corp. (TSXV:VCV) over the past 52 weeks is 0.345000. The 52-week range can be found in the stock's quote summary.
Free Cash Flow Growth (FCF Growth) is the free cash flow of the current year minus the free cash flow from the previous year, divided by last year's free cash flow. The FCF Growth of Vatic Ventures Corp. (TSXV:VCV) is 0.230230. Free cash flow (FCF) is the cash produced by the company minus capital expenditure. This cash is what a company uses to meet its financial obligations, such as making payments on debt or to pay out dividends. The Free Cash Flow Score (FCF Score) is a helpful tool in calculating the free cash flow growth with free cash flow stability – this gives investors the overall quality of the free cash flow. The FCF Score of Vatic Ventures Corp. is 0.980771. Experts say the higher the value, the better, as it means that the free cash flow is high, or the variability of free cash flow is low or both.
We can now take a quick look at some historical stock price index data. Vatic Ventures Corp. (TSXV:VCV) presently has a 10 month price index of 0.62500. The price index is calculated by dividing the current share price by the share price ten months ago. A ratio over one indicates an increase in share price over the period. A ratio lower than one shows that the price has decreased over that time period. Looking at some alternate time periods, the 12 month price index is 0.55556, the 24 month is 0.47619, and the 36 month is 0.41667. Narrowing in a bit closer, the 5 month price index is 1.53846, the 3 month is 1.53846, and the 1 month is currently .
Investors may be interested in viewing the Gross Margin score on shares of Vatic Ventures Corp. (TSXV:VCV). The name currently has a score of 65.00000. This score is derived from the Gross Margin (Marx) stability and growth over the previous eight years. The Gross Margin score lands on a scale from 1 to 100 where a score of 1 would be considered positive, and a score of 100 would be seen as negative. The Q.i. Value of Vatic Ventures Corp. is 50.00000. The Q.i. Value is a helpful tool in determining if a company is undervalued or not. The Q.i. Value is calculated using the following ratios: EBITDA Yield, Earnings Yield, FCF Yield, and Liquidity. The lower the Q.i. value, the more undervalued the company is thought to be.
The MF Rank (aka the Magic Formula) is a formula that pinpoints a valuable company trading at a good price. The formula is calculated by looking at companies that have a high earnings yield as well as a high return on invested capital. The MF Rank of Vatic Ventures Corp. (TSXV:VCV) is 18019. A company with a low rank is considered a good company to invest in. The Magic Formula was introduced in a book written by Joel Greenblatt, entitled, "The Little Book that Beats the Market". The ERP5 Rank is an investment tool that analysts use to discover undervalued companies. The ERP5 looks at the Price to Book ratio, Earnings Yield, ROIC and 5 year average ROIC. The ERP5 of Vatic Ventures Corp. (TSXV:VCV) is 17488. The lower the ERP5 rank, the more undervalued a company is thought to be.


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Austrians beware: http://www.maxkeiser.com/2015/02/bre...-gold-is-gone/
Jaja, en is het waar? Iedereen copieert dat artikel, maar wie controleert dat bericht op juistheid?
We handle with the media like this: They email support and i sent them to the forum and explain to them what the best change is to get a good reaction from our members. 90% fail :-) But the other 10% will do a good job and indeed some of them think us as Doomsday Preppers but that is now changing because of the good contact with the media. It goes both ways, we help them and they help us for more exposure about the subject and we got new members.
Kwaliteit komt altijd boven drijven.
[MENTION=4351]AustrianPreppers[/MENTION] what you say is true I have done an interview with [MENTION=77]Amazing Dree[/MENTION] here at a local semi goverment organisation called
''water board district Scheldestromen '' these people wanted to know more of preppers and [MENTION=2]Mr. Gold[/MENTION] passed the question of them onto the forum and we had an interview . You are right most people have the idea of a doomsday prepper about us We had a nice and good conversation with these people and they made an article about preppers .
In a way they were disappointed but on the other hand I think that they were probably pleased that we were common people with a common sense
I must say I think that [MENTION=77]Amazing Dree[/MENTION] and I did changed the view of those people and we hoped that the article that they made about us
(http://www.scheldestromen.nl/tijdschrift/digitaal_lezen the winter number page 12 and 13 ) let people think about that things can go
wrong and that it is good to be prepared for it . Though the article in their magazine was short it said enough
gr will
Ignorance is bliss
That translations of "waterschap" (water board) might sound a bit creepy, they do water management, not waterboarding ;p
[MENTION=812]Enki[/MENTION] that was the translation I found in the ''Van Dale'' dictionary for it
regards will
Ignorance is bliss
Hello and greetings from Austria,
thanks a lot for your answers. They helped a lot. So we know how to handle trolls. We banned one and now it is really "quiet". My team (including me) is new in the "forum business". So we don't really know what's right or wrong. But what we do is: our desicions must have at least a 75% majority. And this is good.
We also say to the media people (e.g. radio, newspapers) or so, that they should read the forum and participate on the discussions. But they don't do this.
All the best and thanks again for your help,
greetings danke schon, von ben NO nieder osterreich lower austria
van mij mag iedereen meningen hebben en respect deze. ...alstublief[/SIZE]bvd.


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Jack Dorsey: Cash Register Receipts Are a New "Publishing Medium"
Jack Dorsey, Twitter co-founder and internet poet laureate, has officially been high off the fumes of his own shit for too long. Today he took the stage at the National Retail Federation expo in New York, and preached nutso visions about sales receipts.
BuzzFeed stopped by the thrilling trade convention, and captured Dorsey's latest proton stream of nonsense, as it relates to his booming commerce startup Square:
"What if we see the receipt more as a publishing medium — a product unto itself that people actually want to take home, that they want to engage with, be fully interactive with?" Dorsey asked a room of people at the Javits Center today during the National Retail Federation's annual expo.
"What can we do with this everyday tool?" he said. "What can we build into this canvas that's actually valuable, that's independent of the product you just sold? What can you give in this communication channel, this publishing medium, that people want to engage with?
Another way retailers could better use receipts is by adding their Twitter handle to them, he said.
Man, that is serious, visionary stuff.
#nrf14 Jack Dorsey: What if the receipt becomes an application? What could you do?
— Tim Tang (@TimTang4Retail) January 15, 2014
Dorsey didn't actually explain how any of this makes any sense at all, or is not a poor caricature of startup fever dreaming, so I'll offer an idea: receipts are dumb and annoying, and we should just have them archived in our email somewhere in case we need them for taxes. No one should be trying to make receipts interesting. They're receipts.