Over medicaid and the Hawki Program which insures kids. Letters like this went out to families asking them to make their decision by february 17th about which company they want to use. But theres a major hiccup for people who have to make this choice. Theyre health care providers. Whether thats a doctor, pharmacist, a clinic, pediatrician or case manager, might not be signed u u with one of these companieie cording to the department of human services, only 60 of providers in the state have signed contracts with all three of the private companies. About 70 have signed with two, and 90 have signed with just one of the companies. Thats a major concern of cms, the federal group that has to give its approval for this transition. Their worry that iowas network of providers isnt robust enough. Its one of 16 items they gave the state to improve on before they felt they could give iowa permission to move ahead to managed care. Iowas medicaid director says change. The states ready. The state was
Melting snow and ice good afternoon. Im sonya heitshusen. And im dan winters. Thanks for joining us. Its been an overcast cloudy day after our morning mix move through the state. More than three tenths of an inch of rain fell in des moines this morning. It will be dry tonight, but patchy fog may develop. Temperatures will drop from the mid 30s this evening to the upper 20s later we begin today with a truly disturbing story out of Monroe County. A father there is accused of sexually assaulting an infant. Justin stickrod is charged with felony sexual abuse in the first degree and child endangerment. The Sheriffs Department says stickrod sexually assaulted his own twoandahalf month old daughter on february 4th. Stickrod is being held on a 68 thousand dollar bond in the Monroe County jail. The Sac County Sheriffs Office is looking for a man charged with attempted murder. 36yearold Jeremy Werneburg of ida grove is accused of intentionally hitting a glidden man with his car in carnarvon sund
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I would like to thank Ellen Coyne (‘Why the “woman’s place” referendum is starting to look like a regressive proposal’, Irish Independent, Weekend magazine, January 20) for her comprehensive article on the proposed “referendum on care”.