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Sat., May 5 News Summary
Sat., May 5 News Summary
Newport woman charged with two counts of TennCare fraud (WVLT-TV Knoxville)
A Cocke Co. woman is facing TennCare fraud charges for allegedly doctor shopping, according to the Tennessee Office of the Inspector General. Desiree McIntyre, of Newport, faces two counts of fraudulently using TennCare to obtain controlled substances. The twenty-three year-old case up to 2 years for each count. "The mission of the Office of Inspector General is go after anyone who commits fraud and abuse of the TennCare program especially as it relates to prescription drugs," Inspector General Deborah Faulkner said. "People should know we will meet our mission by vigorously prosecuting anyone who abuses or attempts to abuse this program." McIntyre is accused of not telling her doctor that she had seen other physicians and received prescriptions for the painkiller Hydrocodone and paying for the visits with her TennCare benefits. http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/Newport_woman_charged_with_two_counts_of_TennCare_fraud_1
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Nashville State admits first student at new Clarksville location (Leaf Chronicle)
Nashville State Community College officially enrolled its first student at the new campus in Clarksville this week. Tyreco Nolton completed the admissions process Tuesday and enrolled in classes, which begin Aug. 25, according to an NSCC news release. Tyreco was very diligent in getting his information to the college in order to start classes this fall. He is clearly excited about beginning his education at Nashville State, Kathy Ragan, the Nashville State admissions representative at the campus, said in the release. The expansion of Nashville State to Clarksville has been discussed for several years. Construction to renovate the former Saturn dealership at 1760 W ilma Rudolph Blvd. is under way and on schedule, the release said. Having a quality two-year community college such as Nashville State affords Clarksville a competitive advantage with regard to recruiting businesses and bringing high-quality jobs to Montgomery County, said state Rep. Joe Pitts, who has been instrumental in establishing the new campus. Eileen Crane, executive assistant to President George Van Allen at Nashville State, said the expansion will be beneficial for everyone involved. The addition of the Clarksville campus will afford us the opportunity to offer both transfer degrees and technical certificates to the citizens of Montgomery and surrounding counties, Crane said in the release. http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120504/NEWS01/305040012/Nashville-State-admits-first-student-newClarksville-location
from information he gave investigators about the case. Adrienne, Alexandria, and Kyliyah were last seen on April 27. Adrienne is a white female. She has brown hair and brown eyes, is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 129 pounds. Alexandria is a white female. http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20120505/NEWS01/305050009/Briefly-TBI-says-3-sisters-been-MississippiHass-transferred-county-jail-Crockett-Co-man-killed-accident
Vice President Biden's visit to cause road closures Monday (City Paper)
Vice President Joe Biden will be in Nashville Monday to attend a private luncheon fundraiser at the home of businessman and longtime Democratic Party activist Bill Freeman. The visit comes six months after Biden came to Nashville for a fundraiser at the Belle Meade residence of Andrew Byrd and three weeks after First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a downtown Nashville fundraiser for her husbands re-election campaign. Bidens motorcade will necessitate intermittent road closures from late morning through mid-afternoon, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department, which plans on utilizing more than 140 police personnel to assist with security. Affected roadways will include: Interstate 40 near the airport I-24 near I-440 I-44 I-65 south Old Hickory Boulevard west of I-65 in the Brentwood area Hillsboro Pike http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/vice-president-bidens-visit-cause-road-closures-monday
TVA trimming 1,000 jobs and delaying some capital projects (TFP/Sohn)
With a net loss for the second quarter and a projected loss for the budget year, TVA officials said the utility's "diet and exercise plan" involves trimming about 1,000 jobs and delaying some capital projects -- including work to 4
complete Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant. The 1,000 eliminated positions will include about 700 TVA workers and 300 contractors, according to an announcement made Friday to TVA employees after the utility filed its earnings statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. "TVA is achieving about $100 million in labor savings as we work to reduce costs to meet the challenges of the lower revenues we are currently experiencing. This will help us to maintain financial health in the near term, while improving competitiveness over the longer term," said Janet Herrin, executive vice president and chief administrative officer. The federal utility reported a net loss for the first half of fiscal 2013 of $267 million on sales of less than $5.2 billion. In the same period a year ago, the Tennessee Valley Authority, a wholesale electricity maker, earned $205 million on sales of nearly $5.8 billion. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/may/05/tva-diet-trims-jobs-chattanooga/?local
Saks Fifth Avenue kicking off hiring for 250 jobs (Nashville Business Journal)
Saks Fifth Avenue will kick off hiring Monday for its new La Vergne distribution center, where it hopes to fill 250 jobs before the center opens in July. Saks is taking over a 564,000-square-foot warehouse that was previously occupied by Borders. Applicants are invited to apply Monday at one of two Tennessee Career Centers between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.: 2200 Rosa L. Parks Blvd. in Nashville and 1313 Old Fort Parkway in Murfreesboro. According to a news release from the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development, "The majority of position openings are hourly and include material handling, quality control, receiving/returns and picking/packing. All jobs are permanent and full-time, and all shifts are available. Applicants must pass a basic skills assessment test, have at least a high school diploma or GED equivalent, and pass a drug test and background check." http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2012/05/04/saks-fifth-avenue-kicking-off-hiring.html
physician engagement, as well as quality initiatives. We feel well prepared to address Dr. Huffman's departure, and fortunate to have a number of talented individuals who can have a positive impact on quality and physician oversight." She said she was grateful for Huffman's work over the past four years and admires his passion for community health and his dedication to improving disparities in health care. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/may/05/b5-erlanger-chief-medical-officer-resigns/?local
at Hutchison School, where she is a student. The Hutchison senior has put together a still evolving prototype for her ideal school as part of the Hutchison Leads program that just turned a year old. The program was made possible by a gift from Hutchison alumna Abbie W are Williams and her husband, Duncan Williams. I developed more friendships with students from other schools public, charter and private, Kakales said of the origins of her fellowship. I realized everything is so different, it was interesting. I really wanted to learn more. With that in mind, she developed a fellowship program and this school year immersed herself in the volatile and burgeoning education reform discussion. She visited as many schools as she could. She spent 40 to 50 hours at The Collegiate School of Memphis. She went to Power Center Academy in Hickory Hill, Veritas Academy and Cornerstone Schools as well as talked with teachers and administrators at other schools. http://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2012/may/7/students-take-hutchison-leads-in-unexpected-directions/
Orgels Experience Helps Him Lead School Board (Memphis Daily News)
Billy Orgel was no stranger to the ways of an elected legislative body by last year when he was appointed to become a member of the countywide school board. For years, getting the approval of the Memphis City Council or the Shelby County Commission to locate a cell tower has been part of his business, Tower Ventures. Orgel contributed to political campaigns and some of those who considered running for office even sought his advice on immersing themselves in the sometimes roiling water of local politics. His own experience has been a new chapter in the local political textbook. He is chairman of a school board that includes all nine members of the old Memphis City Schools board, all seven members of the old Shelby County Schools board and seven new board members appointed last year by the Shelby County Commission. The 23- member board is by far the largest local legislative and policymaking body in the county. Orgel is running unopposed in the August nonpartisan elections for the seven school board seats created by federal court order and settlement of the federal lawsuit over schools consolidation. http://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2012/may/7/orgels-experience-helps-him-lead-school-board/
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Massachusetts: Same State, New Stab at Health Care (W all Street Journal)
Massachusetts is laying the groundwork for an ambitious new effort to rein in health spending that would be closely watched nationally in a state that's become a health-policy bellwether. Key state legislative leaders unveiled a bill Friday that proposes setting a target for the rate at which overall health spending should risea step that would once again put the state in the forefront of efforts to remake the American health-care system. Massachusetts draws unique scrutiny because its high-profile health coverage law, which was enacted in 2006 and extended health insurance coverage to virtually all residents, was the main model for the national health overhaul. The state is seen by many health experts as a laboratory for health system change; if it manages to successfully slow health care spending, that initiative too could eventually be imitated elsewhere. Both President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney, who signed the Massachusetts coverage bill as the state's then-governor, will likely have to grapple with the problem of rising health care costs during this year's campaign. Mr. Romney has pledged to repeal the national law, and having the Massachusetts health system that he helped create in the spotlight may make it trickier to criticize Mr. Obama's federal plan. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304020104577384213578601218.html?mod=ITP_pageone_1 (SUB)
OPINION Editorial: University's building will boost science field (Daily News Journal)
Finally. By the time MTSU broke ground on its new science building Thursday, it had taken about 18 years to push shovels into the dirt. The long-awaited, much-needed building has been discussed for about two decades. And while they may have gotten discouraged, the administration at MTSU and local lawmakers never stopped fighting to get the project started. The beginning of this new building marks an exciting new chapter in an already thriving schools story. Though the building has been No. 1 on the states higher education capital projects list for the last eight years, it continued to get pushed back. But, as House Speaker Beth Harwell said Thursday, the Rutherford County legislative delegation lobbied relentlessly before eventually getting the Generally Assembly to fork over about $126.7 million of the needed $147 million for the new MTSU science building. MTSU is raising the remaining balance by reallocating funds, setting up a student fee and raising private funds, with donations and a bequest coming from supporters such as George and Charlotte Gardner, Dr. Liz Rhea and the ChristyHouston Foundation. The impact of the building, which is slated to open in spring of 2015, is far reaching. An estimated 80 percent of all MTSU students will take at least one class in the building. http://www.dnj.com/article/20120505/OPINION/305050032/EDITORIAL-University-s-building-will-boost-sciencefield
Your lawnmower won't start. You're paying more for a wide range of groceries and for eating out. Your car gets poorer mileage than it once did. While a range of factors can be behind any one of these problems, a common thread runs through them: They all can be linked at least to some degree to the federal government's multibilliondollar subsidies for ethanol. The 46-cent-per-gallon subsidy for ethanol made from corn ended this year, but subsidies for ethanol made with other ingredients remain on the books, and large quantities of ethanol still are required by law to be mixed into the nation's fuel supply. As such, it should come as no particular surprise when we read that the government-driven diversion of corn from food production to ethanol production still is making us all pay more for food that is linked in any way to corn -- such as beef from corn-fed cattle. It's a simple matter of supply and demand. "[G]rowers who would grow feed corn have grown corn for ethanol instead," the sales manager of a meat company in West Palm Beach, Fla., told Cox Newspapers. "Since corn is the primary feed for beef, that means cattle prices have reached an all-time high." Then there is the small-engine damage and the lower mileage for which ethanol is responsible. The owner of a lawnmower repair shop in Tuscaloosa, Ala., told a newspaper there that he had seen increasing numbers of lawnmowers that will not start because of the damage caused by ethanol. In fact, that accounted for more than 20 percent of the repairs in his shop. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/may/05/ethanol-steak-lawnmowers/?opinionfreepress