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He had long time-cobbled fingers, curling like question marks from his palms as he hammered the piano keys.
"What do you want to hear?" he asked the audience in the dark. He could never see them out of the spotlight, but they were always respectful.
"Town Over There!" came the predictable reply from a few corners.
The piano intro started. He felt, as he had done for a long time now the distinct sensation that he wasn't really playing it, that his hands weren't his own. But they kept playing and in a few seconds he would start singing and he wouldn't be in control of that either.
"Town, town over there…" the notes drifting down gently, as one review once said, sounding something like a wet ball rolling slowly downstairs. He'd liked that, it made only slight sense, but he liked it.
"Way off in the yonder…" The yonder hitting a strange falsetto off key but somehow still beautiful, because, as he had again read numerous times from numerous columnists, the perfection of the song was in its imperfection, it was falsetto yet still masculine, strained yet soulful.
The lyric was undoubtedly awful, one of the worst he'd ever written he thought. Yonder such a stupid word to choose unless you want an easy rhyme. And so he'd decided at the last minute all those years ago not to put in the rhyme, just so he couldn't be accused of it. He'd been twenty four when he wrote it. And he had told the story for many years about how he'd been drunk when he first recorded it into a dictaphone. He hadn't been but it made a nice story.
…And somehow yet again, so many years on, he managed to stop it being the worst line ever, because it was then that the song built to a sudden climax. The word heart almost yelled but still in control, that rootntoottoo…t again had them smiling and crying at the same time, the mournful way he sang it somehow almost sounding like a trumpet. And all this before the chorus.
He didn't know that this would be the last word he'd sing. That at the very moment he finished singing the word heart, that his own heart would take it almost as a command and stop dead never to start again. He fell back from his half standing half sitting position onto the piano stool, toppling it backwards so he fell with it. If the heart attack hadn't killed him already the crack on the back of his head probably would have, Jamie said later over a cup of coffee in the dining room of his Uncle Sylvester.


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Swells is a new musical project for the soul songwriter, Sophia Wells.The new name came from a longing to reinvent her sound and purpose after moving from Missouri to Oklahoma, and has lead to a style that has been described as midwestern soul.
Genre: Urban/R&B: Soul
Swells is a new musical project for the soul songwriter, Sophia Wells. Although she has been writing and performing throughout her life, this will be her first musical endeavor to be released under Swells.The new name came from a longing to reinvent her sound and purpose after moving from Missouri to Oklahoma, and has lead to a style that has been described as midwestern soul. Swells will be debuting her first single "White Noise" in early 2016.

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Yuma, AZ (December 22, 2022) – Students planning to attend Arizona Western College in the spring can obtain valuable services to assist with the transition to college during Reg Fest.
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The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12, at the 3C Building on the AWC Yuma Campus, 2020 S. Avenue 8E. Click here to register and sign up for a timeslot, which will be offered every 30 minutes. The online registration form also allows students to pre-select which services they need before arriving.
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Work-Related Asthma, What Is It?
HIPAA News - Have You Replaced Your Old 330 POS Device?
You will soon receive a direct mailing from Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) which will include a "token" - a number that will allow you to access the ePACES registration screen and obtain a User ID and Password.
Questions about ePACES should be directed to CSC's HIPAA Inquiry Unit at (866) 840-3445.
This is a reminder to all hospitals, free-standing clinics and individual practitioners about requirements of the Medicaid program related to requesting compensation from Medicaid recipients, including Medicaid recipients who are enrolled in a managed care plan and in Family Health Plus.
When a provider accepts a Medicaid recipient as a patient, the provider agrees to bill Medicaid for services provided or, in the case of Medicaid managed care enrollee, agrees to bill the recipient's managed care plan for services covered by the contract. The provider is prohibited from requesting any monetary compensation from the recipient, or his/her responsible relative, except for any applicable Medicaid co-payments. A provider may charge a Medicaid recipient, including a Medicaid recipient enrolled in a managed care plan, ONLY when both parties have agreed PRIOR to the rendering of the service that the recipient is being seen as a private pay patient. This must be a mutual and voluntary agreement. It is suggested that the provider maintain the patient's signed consent to be treated as private pay in the patient record.
A provider who participates in Medicaid fee-for-service but does not participate in the recipient's Medicaid managed care plan may not bill Medicaid fee-for-service for any services included in the managed care plan, with the exception of family planning services. Neither may such a provider bill the recipient for services that are covered by the recipient's Medicaid managed care contract unless there is prior agreement with the recipient that he/she is being seen as a private patient as described above. The provider must inform the recipient that the services may be obtained at no cost to the recipient from a provider that participates in the recipient's managed care plan.
The prohibition on charging a Medicaid recipient applies when a participating Medicaid provider fails to submit a claim to Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) or the recipient's managed care plan within the required timeframe. It also applies when a claim is submitted to CSC or the recipient's managed care plan and the claim is denied for reasons other than that the patient was not Medicaid eligible on the date of service.
A Medicaid recipient, including a Medicaid managed care enrollee, must not be referred to a collection agency for collection of unpaid medical bills or otherwise billed, except for applicable Medicaid co-payments, when the provider has accepted the recipient as a Medicaid patient. Providers may, however, use any legal means to collect applicable unpaid Medicaid co-payments.
A hospital that accepts a Medicaid recipient as a patient, including a Medicaid recipient enrolled in a managed care plan, accepts the responsibility of making sure that the patient receives all medically necessary care and services. Other than for legally established co-payments, a Medicaid recipient should never be required to bear any out-of-pocket expenses for medically necessary inpatient services or medically necessary services provided in a hospital based emergency room (ER). This policy applies regardless of whether the individual practitioner treating the recipient in the facility is enrolled in the Medicaid program.
When reimbursing for ER services provided to Medicaid recipients in managed care, health plans must apply the Prudent Layperson Standard, provisions of the Medicaid Managed Care Model Contract and Department directives.
If a problem arises with a claim submission, the provider must first contact CSC or, if the claim is for a service included in the Medicaid managed care benefit package, the enrollee's Medicaid managed care plan. If CSC or the managed care plan is unable to resolve an issue because some action must be taken by the recipient's local department of social services (e.g., investigation of recipient eligibility issues), the provider must contact the local department of social services for resolution.
For questions regarding Medicaid managed care, please call the Office of Managed Care at (518) 473-0122. For questions regarding Medicaid fee-for-service, please call the Office of Medicaid Management at (518) 473-2160.
enter 'Z7' in the Recipient Other Insurance Code field on the claim form when submitting a paper claim.
Questions can be directed to the Bureau of Policy Development and Agency Relations at (518) 473-2160.
Durable Medical Equipment (DME) providers may bill for certain DME items based on the order date, rather than the delivery date, when the recipient loses Medicaid eligibility, or enrolls in, or disenrolls from, a Medicaid managed care plan.
A custom-made item of DME, orthopedic footwear, prosthetic or orthotic appliance was ordered for a recipient but was delivered to the individual after eligibility expired or after the recipient enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan.
Likewise, under the above circumstances, DME vendors participating in the Medicaid managed care program should bill the managed care plan using the order date if the enrollee loses Medicaid eligibility or disenrolls from Medicaid managed care after the item is ordered but before it is provided to the enrollee.
Questions regarding this article can be directed to the Office of Managed Care at (518) 473-0122.
Average Wholesale Price of the prescription product, minus twelve (12) percent.
This change will take effect on July 1, 2003.
Questions may be directed to the Pharmacy and Policy Operations Unit at (518) 486-3209 or ppno@health.state.ny.us.
1. What is a speech-generating device?
May have synthesized speech output, which requires message formulation by spelling and device access by physical contact with the device-direct selection technique, or multiple methods of device access.
2.	What types of products are not dedicated devices?
Not useful to someone without a severe speech impairment.
3.	What are the prescriber's responsibilities?
The evaluation worksheet and report completed by a NYS licensed Speech Language Pathologist (SLP).
4.	What are the provider's responsibilities?
Provide information regarding warranty services, uphold the terms of the warranty and be responsible for any needed replacements or repairs that are due to defects in quality or workmanship.
Source: www.ismp.org. Click on "Self Assessment", then "Community" p15 #47,p21 #95, #104, and p24 #129.
WHAT did the doctor tell you the medicine is for?
HOW did the doctor tell you to take the medicine?
WHAT directions did your doctor tell you about how to take the medicine?
his/her profession in correcting the error.
Work-related asthma (WRA) is asthma that is attributable to, or is made worse by, environmental exposures in the workplace. Over 250 workplace agents are associated with WRA. The diagnosis of WRA is made by confirming the diagnosis of asthma and by establishing a relationship between asthma and work. WRA should be considered in every case of adult-onset asthma or asthma that worsens in adult life. It is important to recognize that this type of asthma is preventable and, if diagnosed early, may be partially or completely reversible if exposures are adequately controlled or stopped. Occupational asthma is the most prevalent occupational lung disease in developed countries.
Pre-existing asthma exacerbated by workplace environmental exposures (work-aggravated asthma). Work-aggravated asthma occurs in individuals with symptomatic asthma that is significantly worsened by workplace environmental exposures. This can include an increase in frequency or severity of symptoms, an increase in medication required to control symptoms, or clinical improvement when exposures are reduced or eliminated.
The preliminary evaluation for WRA should include a full clinical evaluation for asthma, and completion of a full occupational and environmental history. The latter should include an employment history, history of temporal pattern of symptoms with respect to work, history of occupational and environmental exposures and symptom triggers, and if possible, objective verification of exposures.2 Early and accurate diagnosis of WRA, accompanied by appropriate modification or cessation of exposures, is important in the treatment of the individual.
Patients demonstrating clinical evidence of occupational asthma are reportable to the New York State (NYS) Department of Health's Occupational Lung Disease Registry (866) 807-2130. Reporting diagnosed cases of WRA to the Registry can help in the prevention of ongoing exposure for the reported individual and coworkers. NYS Department of Health staff investigate the reported case to identify workplaces and industries where exposures may cause lung disease among the employees. Program staff work with both employees and employers to educate them about appropriate work practices and to assist them in preventing workplace exposures.
For further information about the Occupational Lung Disease Registry, call Kitty Gelberg, Ph.D., MPH, at (866) 807-2130, or e-mail her at khg01@health.state.ny.us.
Physicians are required by law to report suspected cases of occupational lung disease to the NYS Department of Health.
1Lombardo LJ, Balmes JR. Occupational Asthma: A Review. Environmental Health Perspectives 108(4):697-704, 2000.
2Freidman-Jimenez; G, Beckett WS, Szeinuk J, Petsonk EL. Clinical Evaluation, Management, and Prevention of Work-Related Asthma. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 37:121-141, 2000.
3Wagner G, Wegman D. Occupational asthma: Prevention by definition. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 33:427-429, 1998.
On July 1, 2003, the New York State Department of Health implemented the Medicaid Buy-In Program for Working People with Disabilities (MBI-WPD). Through the Federal Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 and the New York State Health Workforce Recruitment and Retention Act of 2002, the MBI-WPD was established to make Medicaid coverage available to certified disabled people who are working and earning more than the allowable limits for regular Medicaid.
Be engaged in work for which financial compensation is received and all applicable federal and state income and payroll taxes are paid (includes part-time and full-time work).
The applicant/recipient may have net incomes up to 250% of the federal poverty level (FPL), and have countable resources that do not exceed $10,000. This means that the program will extend Medicaid coverage to working disabled individuals with a gross income up to $46,170 for a household of one ($61,870 for a household of two). Payment of a premium will be required if net income is between 150%-250% FPL. The premium is 3% of earned income and 7.5% of unearned income. People with income below 150% FPL pay no premium.
Until an automated system is completed to collect and track premium payments, a moratorium on premium collection exists. The anticipated date for the automated collection and tracking system is Spring 2004.
Questions regarding this article should be directed to the Bureau of Consumer & Local District Relations at (518) 473-5330.
If you are interested in receiving the Medicaid Update via e-mail, please send us a note at MedicaidUpdate@health.state.ny.us and include your name, Medicaid provider ID#, and e-mail address. Please also let us know if you would like to continue to receive a hard copy of the Medicaid Update in addition to the e-mail version. We don't want to burden you with a paper copy if you do not need it.
Medicaid currently defines the date of service for clinical laboratory providers as the date on which final laboratory test results were reported in writing, hardcopy or downloadable form to the ordering practitioner.
For specimen collections that span more than one calendar day, the date of service is the date the collection began.
For laboratory tests that use a specimen taken from storage, the date of service is the date the specimen was removed from storage.
This change in policy will make consistent the policies for claim submission of Medicaid and Medicare, thereby allowing laboratories to maintain one system for accessing and record keeping for specimens of individuals dually insured by Medicaid and Medicare.
Department rules at 10 NYCRR Subpart 59-1.11 require laboratory reports to contain the date of collection. Laboratories must make every effort to obtain this information from the ordering practitioner or his or her agent (such as a visiting nurse) whenever collection is not performed by laboratory employees.
Please direct questions to the Bureau of Policy Development and Agency Relations at (518) 473-2160.
Effective for dates of service on or after April 25, 2003, the Medicaid program has changed reimbursement for Hepatitis C laboratory testing. The maximum reimbursable amount for HCV Qualitative testing has been increased. Additionally, Medicaid will begin covering the HCV Genotypic assay and the HCV viral load test. Medicaid reimbursement is limited to FDA approved and home brew tests only.
MMIS procedure code 87902 is to be used whenever a laboratory bills for a HCV genotypic assay test. The maximum reimbursable amount for code 87902 is $355.00. The HCV genotypic test is a covered service when clinically indicated, up to a maximum of one test per 12-month period-per patient. This test may be billed fee-for-service when it is ordered for a registered clinic patient.
MMIS procedure code 87522 is to be used whenever a laboratory bills for a HCV Quantitative viral load test. The maximum reimbursable amount for code 87522 is $59.20. The HCV viral load test (quantitative) is a covered service when clinically indicated, up to a maximum of three tests per 12-month period-per patient.
The fee for MMIS procedure code 87521 (the HCV Qualitative test) will increase from $21.43 to $48.00. The HCV Qualitative test is a covered service when clinically indicated, up to a maximum of one test per 12-month period-per patient.
All other ordered HCV quantitative viral load and HCV qualitative tests are reimbursable fee-for-service to the laboratory when such tests are ordered by a qualified practitioner from his/her office setting, or when such tests are ordered for Article 28 certified clinic patients and the costs of such tests are not included in the clinic rate. If laboratory testing is included in the Article 28 clinic rate, the testing laboratory must seek payment from the clinic from which the test has been ordered.
Only Medicaid-enrolled clinical laboratories with Department of Health approval to perform HCV genotypic, qualitative and quantitative HCV viral load testing are entitled to reimbursement.
Your new VeriFone Omni 3750 POS device is now available for ordering. As reported in recent Medicaid Updates, due to HIPAA regulations, the VeriFone TRANZ 330 POS device will need to be replaced, or you will be required to switch to an alternate access method to interface with the NYS Medicaid Systems.
Please note that as a free alternative to the POS device, the Medicaid Eligibility Field software replacement program called ePACES will be available in September of this year. ePACES will be available to providers at no cost. A letter will be sent during the month of August with more information on how to access this system.
During the month of June, letters were mailed to each provider submitting transactions via a POS device. That letter contained instructions and forms for ordering the new device. If you are a POS user and have not received a letter, please call the Provider Services POS Hotline listed below. You should order now to avoid any delays due to a potential last minute surge of orders prior to the October 16th deadline. Keep in mind that your new Omni 3750 can be used to access eMedNY just like the TRANZ 330, until such time as you receive instructions to download the new HIPAA software. The HIPAA software needs to be installed and working prior to October 16th or an interruption of service could result.
www.eMedNY.org web site contains information on the ordering process, forms, user instruction manual and a list of frequently asked questions to help you through this transition. This website will provide timely updates and allow you to download various forms and information as needed.
A special option on the Provider Services (800) 343-9000 number (Option 4) is now available for ordering information, forms, and general questions about the new Omni 3750. Information about alternate access methods is also available on this line. You can call this number Monday through Friday between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
In May, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) mailed out HIPAA Trading Partner Agreements (TPA) to New York Medicaid providers that bill electronically. The TPA is an agreement between NY Medicaid and its trading partners, the providers. The main purpose of the TPA is to insure complete, mutual understanding of HIPAA regulations as they pertain to transactions, submissions and processing between the Medicaid program and providers. TPAs must be signed and returned to CSC before a provider may participate in provider testing and, subsequently, bill electronically in a HIPAA complaint manner. Please return your TPA to CSC as soon as possible if you haven't already done so. If you bill electronically and have not received a TPA, or if you have additional questions, please immediately contact the CSC HIPAA Inquiry Unit at (866) 840-3445.
Test their HIPAA transactions (837, 270, 276, 278) through a test tool to validate HIPAA compliance with NYS Medicaid Business rules.
Draw samples of HIPAA compliant transactions (855, 820) from a web site and process them through providers' applications.
Currently, we anticipate that we will be using the validation tool, EDIFECS, which will be available free of charge at the EDIFECS web site, http://www.edifecs.com. Providers will be able to transmit their HIPAA transactions to this web site for the EDIFECS product to validate the data based on WEDI-SNIP documented standards. The EDIFECS tool will also help Medicaid to keep track of providers that have tested and errors encountered. For more information, including instructions for registration, set up, and use of the tool, go to http://www.emedny.com/HIPAA/index.html. Open provider testing is scheduled to begin June 25, 2003 and run through early September.
Medicaid's goal is to achieve HIPAA compliance prior to 10/16/03. The HIPAA implementation date is scheduled for September 27, 2003. The implementation date refers to the date that CSC will begin to accept and process HIPAA compliant data. It is anticipated that CSC will accept and process both HIPAA and non-HIPAA compliant transactions for the period of 9/27/2003 to 10/16/03. Please refer to the above eMedNY web site for a brief timeline of provider activities that will need to take place leading up to the cutover to the implementation of the HIPAA mandates.
As part of NYS Medicaid's continuing efforts to provide the provider community with updated HIPAA information on a timely fashion, we have created a new NYS Medicaid HIPAA web site. Please visit http://www.emedny.com/HIPAA/index.html for the latest companion guides, supporting documents, provider testing strategy and other pertinent HIPAA implementation documents and information. This new web site will supplement the OMM Medicaid HIPAA web site, which will continue to provide extensive HIPAA general information.
Effective June 1, 2003, Medicaid recipients residing in Manhattan will have the option to enroll in a new Special Needs Managed Care Plan, VidaCare, referred to as OD-Vidacare Inc. SN.
Effective July 1, 2003, Medicaid recipients residing in New York City will have the option to enroll in a new Special Needs Managed Care Plan, Fidelis Care HealthierLife, referred to as OF-Fidelis Care HealthierLife SN.
Providers should make note of these new codes in their MMIS Provider Manual under the heading "Recipient Other Insurance Codes". Enrollees can call the New York Medicaid CHOICE Helpline at (800) 505-5678 to find out more about Special Needs Plans (SNPs).
This article explains under what circumstances you may continue to provide services to the SNP enrollee and bill MMIS fee-for-service, versus when you must refer the recipient to the SNP to receive services.
If the Medicaid recipient is enrolled in a SNP, the message will read "Eligible PCP."
To determine if you can bill MMIS, you must read beyond this message for the insurance and coverage codes, which identify the SNP and the services covered by the respective SNP.
Please note that the MEVS coverage codes are general service categories, and do not necessarily mean that a SNP covers all services within the category.
You can bill MMIS and receive payment for any Medicaid services not covered by the SNP. If you believe that the service is covered by the SNP, you must refer the recipient to the SNP for that service. If, at any time, you are unsure whether or not to provide a service, call the SNP prior to providing the service.
The following chart describes the MEVS messages related to the Medicaid services not covered by the VidaCare and Fidelis Care HealthierLife plans (therefore, the provider may bill MMIS), and information to assist you in contacting the SNPs or the local district.
* Please contact the health plans above for additional SNP benefit package information.
This policy will change for SSI/SSI-related enrollees in SNPs. For SSI/SSI-related SNP recipients, mental health services are covered by the plan. Providers are advised that, for the specific plans ("OD" VidaCare and "OF" Fidelis HealthierLife), mental health services are the plan's responsibility when a recipient is indicated as SSI ("S") on the MEVS.
An exception is made for some SSI children in the SNPs. Consistent with mainstream managed care for SSI recipients, mental health benefits for some SSI children will be carved out of the benefit package. Please check with the plan to determine the status of these children.
Currently, SSI/SSI-related recipients enrolled in Medicaid managed care plans have inpatient and outpatient treatment and rehabilitation chemical dependency (alcohol and substance abuse) health services carved out from the benefit package (except for detoxification services, which are included in the managed care benefit package). An "S" is indicated on the MEVS for these SSI/SSI-related recipients when a provider conducts a current day eligibility verification. Providers have been historically advised to bill MMIS directly for inpatient and outpatient chemical dependency (alcohol and substance abuse) services for these recipients.
This policy will change for SSI/SSI-related enrollees in SNPs. For SSI/SSI-related SNP recipients, inpatient chemical dependency (alcohol and substance abuse) services are covered by the plan. Providers are advised that for the specific plan ("OD" VidaCare and "OF" Fidelis HealthierLife) inpatient chemical dependency services are the plan's responsibility when a recipient is indicated as SSI ("S") on the MEVS.
Questions regarding this article should be directed to the Department of Health at (518) 486-1383.
It's important to take care of your diabetes when you're ill.
Review the following recommendations with your health care provider.
Continue taking your diabetes medicines even when you're ill. Blood sugar levels tend to rise during illness and infections.
Drink eight ounces of water every hour while you're awake.
Eat your regular diabetic diet. If you are unable to eat, you will need to get your calories from regular fluids which have sugar in them such as: non-dietetic fruit juice and jello; non- dietetic ginger ale and popsicles; saltine crackers and soups; non-dietetic ice cream and puddings; and starches such as noodles, rice, potatoes, and macaroni. If you don't eat enough calories, you risk becoming hypoglycemic.
Check your blood glucose levels. They may be high during illness.
Check your temperature every morning and night. A fever is a sign of infection.
Check your urine for ketones.
A fever over 101 degrees F.
Prevention: Although it is not possible to prevent all illnesses, an annual flu shot is recommended. Also discuss with your health care provider about whether you should have a pneumonia shot every five years.
Source: http://www.diabetes.org/type-2-diabetes/sick.jsp; CDC ", "Take charge of your Diabetes" , 2nd edition, 1997 pps. 33-36.
You will need to plan ahead for any traveling if you have diabetes. The following list is a guideline. Always check with your health care provider prior to any traveling.
Visit your health care provider for any necessary immunizations. Get a prescription for all medicines, testing supplies, and syringes and carry them with you at all times. Get a letter from your health care provider stating that you have diabetes.
Wear an ID bracelet or necklace at all times.
Pack twice as much medicine and supplies as you will need; put half of them in your suitcase and carry half of them on you.
Pack emergency food and drinks and carry them with you in case of low blood sugar. Items such as saltine crackers, small cans of juice and peanut butter, along with any glucagon tablets or emergency glucagon injections, should be in your carrying bag.
Notify security screeners that you have diabetes and are carrying your supplies with you.
Lancets and syringes will be allowed past checkpoints only if you have the insulin and glucometer with them. They must be capped and have a pharmaceutical label identifying them.
Notify the screener if you are wearing an insulin pump. Request that the pump be visually checked rather than removing it from your body.
Keep track of your blood glucose.
If you take insulin, inject yourself when the food has arrived. This is safer than risking a delay in service and it will prevent the possibility of low blood glucose or hypoglycemia.
Stay as close to your normal eating, activity levels and medication schedules as possible.
Source: http://www.diabetes.org/type-2-diabetes/travel.jsp; CDC, "Take Charge of your Diabetes", 2nd edition, 1997 pps. 39-40.
Currently, the Preferred Physicians and Children Program (PPAC) uses procedure codes that are not HIPAA compliant. For services performed on and after July 2, 2003, PPAC procedures codes will be replaced with standard CPT Evaluation and Management codes for office visit services and hospital visits.
Enrolled providers should have received update(s) to the MMIS Provider Manual that will provide information on these codes and the reimbursement associated with them. If you have not received this insert, please call Computer Sciences Corporation's Provider Relations at (800) 522-5518 or (518) 447-9860.
When prior authorizing second-generation prescription antihistamines, select option "9" Other. This will bring you to the antihistamines prompt.
When using the pharmacy prior authorization voice interactive phone system (VIPS), you can quickly move through the prompts by pressing the pound (#) key.


It's a busy few months ahead for Deltasonic Artists.
The Vryll Society announced 2 new shows this week leading up to their tour with Blossoms in February.
To view more gigs see events page here.
Tom Low will be going out on tour with the brilliant C Duncan in February to promote his fabulous new EP.
To find out more visit Tom's Facebook page here.
Hidden Charms are off touring all over the place throughout Europe in January, February and UK tour in March.
To find out more visit Hidden Charm's Facebook page here.


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WENDIGO FLESH EATERS OR JUST FOLKLORE?
Hi guys, before I get into today's post I would like to give a few updates. My second novel "The Third Gender" is now in the editing phase and should be ready for release in a month or so. My first novel "Wormwood" has held pretty steady and has been on the top 100 best sellers on three different genre lists on Amazon. You can still get it HERE . I also have a short story that is nearly complete called "The Shadow People." If you are interested in getting updates on my writing and this blog sign up for the mailing list HERE
If you've been following the blog you might remember a post I did about Skin-Walkers. They were based on an Native American legend, but had manifested into sightings of an actual creature. Today I would like to talk about another abomination based on a Native American legend... The Wendigo. The Wendigo is a half demon, half human entity that feeds on human flesh. The association with cannibalism is strong and the name Wendigo has been used to describe the more modern medical disorder know as Wendigo Psychosis. Wendigo Pychosis is used to describe someone with an intense and insatiable craving for human flesh.
It was believed by the American Indians of the Great Lakes region that someone who was full of greed, gluttony and or someone who had resorted to cannibalism was susceptible of becoming a Wendigo. Here is a description from Basil Johnston an Objibwe teacher:
"The Wendigo was gaunt to the point of emaciation, its desiccated skin pulled tautly over its bones. With its bones pushing out against its skin, its complexion the ash gray of death, and its eyes pushed back deep into their sockets, the Wendigo looked like a gaunt skeleton recently disinterred from the grave. What lips it had were tattered and bloody [....] Unclean and suffering from suppurations of the flesh, the Wendigo gave off a strange and eerie odor of decay and decomposition, of death and corruption."
The Wendigo myth was used as a deterrent by Shamans and tribal leaders especially in hard times like winter and times of drought and famine. The idea was basically to scare people to walk the straight and narrow (especially when it came to eating family members). One case of Wendigo Psychosis involved a Plains Cree trapper from Alberta named Swift Runner. Here is the story from Wiki:
"One of the more famous cases of Wendigo psychosis reported involved a Plains Cree trapper from Alberta, named Swift Runner.[20][21] During the winter of 1878, Swift Runner and his family were starving, and his eldest son died. Twenty-five miles away from emergency food supplies at a Hudson's Bay Company post, Swift Runner butchered and ate his wife and five remaining children.[22] Given that he resorted to cannibalism so near to food supplies, and that he killed and consumed the remains of all those present, it was revealed that Swift Runner's was not a case of pure cannibalism as a last resort to avoid starvation, but rather of a man suffering from Wendigo psychosis.[22] He eventually confessed and was executed by authorities at Fort Saskatchewan"
The Wendigo has super-natural implications and is very similar to the Jikininki or "Hungry Ghost" from Japan. Here is the description of the Jikininki again from wiki:
"In Japanese Buddhism, jikininki (Japanese: 食人鬼, "human-eating ghosts"; pronounced shokujinki in modern Japanese) are the spirits of greedy, selfish or impious individuals who are cursed after death to seek out and eat human corpses. They do this at night, scavenging for newly dead bodies and food offerings left for the dead. They sometimes also loot the corpses they eat for valuables, which they use to bribe local officials to leave them in peace. Nevertheless, jikininki lament their condition and hate their repugnant cravings for dead human flesh.
Often, jikininki are said to look like decomposing cadavers, perhaps with a few inhuman features such as sharp claws or glowing eyes. They are a horrifying sight, and any mortal who views one finds himself or herself frozen in fear. However, several stories give them the ability to magically disguise themselves as normal human beings and even to lead normal "lives" by day."
Here is some video of alleged Wendigo sightings:
The problem with these videos other then they are all shaky cam images of who knows what, is that I have seen the same videos used as sightings of The Rake and Skinwalkers. So either it's all the same species or there simply isn't a lot of imagination used in these hoaxes.
THE FLATWOODS MONSTER: ALIEN, GHOST, CRYPTID OR HOAX?
Today's post is about a creature that could be an alien, a cryptid or some kind of paranormal entity. It's called the Flatwoods Monster or the Flatwoods Phantom. It seems that most researchers familiar with this case think that it came from outer space. The name comes from the fact that the monstrosity had been sighted in the town of Flatwoods, West Virginia.
Here is the description of the first report from wikipedia:
"At 7:15 PM on September 12, 1952, two brothers, Edward and Fred May, and their friend Tommy Hyer (ages 13, 12, and 10 respectively) witnessed a bright object cross the sky. The object appeared to come to rest on land belonging to local farmer G. Bailey Fisher.Upon witnessing the object, the boys went to the home of the May brothers' mother, Kathleen May, where they reported seeing a UFO crash land in the hills. From there, Mrs. May accompanied by the three boys, local children Neil Nunley (14) and Ronnie Shaver (10), and 17-year-old West Virginia National Guardsman Eugene 'Gene' Lemon, traveled to the Fisher farm in an effort to locate whatever it was that the boys had seen.
Lemon's dog ran ahead out of sight and suddenly began barking, and moments later ran back to the group with its tail between its legs. After traveling about ¼ of a mile (400 m) the group reached the top of a hill, where they reportedly saw a large pulsating "ball of fire" about 50 feet (15 m) to their right. They also detected a pungent mist that made their eyes and noses burn. Lemon then noticed two small lights over to the left of the object, underneath a nearby oak tree and directed his flashlight towards them, revealing the creature, which was reported to have emitted a shrill hissing noise before gliding towards them, changing direction and then heading off towards the red light. At this point the group fled in panic."
When the group returned to their home Mrs. May contacted the local Sheriff and a reporter Mr A. Lee Stewart. Stewart conducted many interviews and examined the woods in the area with Eugene Lemon. The reporter said that "there was a sickening, burnt, metallic odor still prevailing."
Many other people were interviewed after the event and reported similar experiences. The creatures description again from wiki:
"Various descriptions of the entity exist. Most agree that it was at least 7 feet (2.1 m) tall and that it had a black face which appeared to glow from within, and a black body. Witnesses described the creature's head as elongated, non-human eyes and as either being shaped like a sideways diamond, or as having a large circle shaped cowling behind it. The creature's body was described as being inhumanly-shaped and clad in a dark pleated exoskeleton ; later being described as a shadow. Some accounts record that the creature appeared to have "no visible arms" due to its incredible speed. Others describe it as having long, stringy arms ending in long, claw-like fingers, which protruded from the front of its body"
There are many possible explanations for what the witnesses encountered. Most of the experts seem to suggest that a combination of an owl, a meteor and aircraft beacons combined together to form a whole scenario in which a gaggle of witnesses mistook for an alien.
Here's a video from a man who thinks that there was an air war between US jets and UFO's during 1952. While the documentary is sometimes funny (unintentionally), sometimes cheesy and sometimes hard to believe, it does bring together a lot of this info. It also raises some interesting questions.
So what do you guys think this is? Could it be some kind of cryptid? a phantom or fallen angel? an alien encounter? or a hoax?
POST APOCALYPTIC MOVIES ON NETFLIX
So today I had the day off and I decided to have a Post-Apocalyptic Netflix day seeing as I saw that they've recently added a couple of these flicks to their new releases.
The first movie I watched was "Goodbye World" a movie about a virus that shuts down the power grid. The movie starts off in a very promising way, a man is about to kill himself he sends out a message to every cell phone in the United States that says Goodbye World. Then we start to meet our cast. These are a bunch of college friends sort of like a modern day St. Elmos Fire. They all end up at a Cabin in the California hills that is relatively well set up. The power grid starts to fail and we get a inkling that it was all started by a computer virus.
This is where the movie starts to loose its potency. They are riding out the apocalypse and they're partying and having the time of their lives. Then things start to get troublesome in paradise, but not because of the ongoing apocalypse. People start falling in love with each others wives/husbands. Others start fighting. It's like a super-dramatic soap opera about these hipsters love lives. One of the women who starts to become an outcast finally says "You all think you're so intelligent, but you're really just weak... and boring." To me that line sums up the whole movie. One reviewer of my novel commented that it was a "sort of cushy apocalypse." Obviously that reviewer hadn't seen this movie, because it makes the apocalypse look like a bad day at a hippy commune.
The next movie I watched was "The Last Days" a subtitled film from Spain. If you guys have read my stories you know that I like taking themes that have been played out (like zombies and serial killers) and turning them on their heads. I think this movie does that. It really takes a fresh spin on the apocalypse. The film starts out with a guy who hates his job, he works in a typical cubical in a high-rise. Something slowly starts causing people to have extreme agoraphobia, the mass hysteria spreads and soon everyone has it. Not only are they scared to go outside, but it is so intense that you begin to get seizures and your brain hemorrhages.
So here's a guy who is seemingly stuck at his job for eternity. They ration food and do what they can to survive. No one can go outside so eventually they tunnel into the subway. Our main character Marc desperately needs to find his love interest and through an unlikely partnership with the company head-hunter they traverse the city through the subway tunnels and sewers using a stolen GPS.
The movie has some great imagery and the acting is pretty solid. I really liked the idea of "What if you could never go outside and were stuck exactly where you are. It had great symbolism. The end of the movie gets a little shaky especially with a silly scene involving a bear, and the end itself is somewhat schmaltzy. Overall though I highly recommend this fresh take on the end of times.
The last movie I watched was called "After the Dark" I have mixed feelings about this movie. Again this is a different take on the apocalypse. It's and interesting premise, where a Philosophy teacher comes up with a thought experiment that includes apocalyptic scenarios. The students have to decide which classmates get to live in their bunker which is only big enough for half of the class. They are given different skills which would make them valuable or not. The apocalypse is then played out in a CGI'd alternate reality ie. their imaginations. The problem with this is that we as the audience know that nothing life threatening is really happening. It takes a lot of the "skin" and emotional investment out of the conflict.
I liked some parts of the movie, but other parts were a little silly. The first big twist is really well done, but the others ... not so much. I do however think it's a movie that has the potential to make you think and being targeted to the "Hunger Games" crowd it is much more worthy than most of that genre. I think it's worth a watch and if you ignore a few minor plot holes and gimmicks you'll probably enjoy it.
So anyway that's my take on the new Post-Apoc movies on Netflix.
THE KATRINA CANNIBAL: POSSESSION OR OBSESSION
Those of you that have followed this blog know that I have been very prolific often writing five blogs a week or more. Unfortunately I have been so busy that I've had to cut that number drastically. I hope to have more time in the fall and winter and anticipate writing nearly full time then. For the summer I will try to keep posting once or twice per week. If you have a subject that is weird, creepy and or extraordinary please contact me and I will try and cover it. If you would like to post your own scary story, experience or author promo, I would love to have you guest host for a post. If you are interested or simply want to chat use the contact form on this site. Also if you would like to receive updates on this blog and my writing please join the mailing list.
Today I want to talk about an incident that may or may not have a paranormal twist. The incident is the story of Zachary Bowen also known as the Katrina Cannibal. Zachary was a military policeman serving in Iraq and Kosovo. He was highly decorated and earned commendations for his bravery. After his time in the military Zachary moved to New Orleans. During the time when the winds of Hurricane Katrina started pummeling the city he met and fell in love with Addie Hall. The two hunkered down and sheltered in Zachary's french quarter apartment. The two became well known locally for refusing to leave the city as the flood waters rose after the storm.
Although the two had a tumultuous relationship often fighting and breaking up, they always seemed to get back together and eventually moved to a second apartment. Here is what happened next - from crime museum.org:
"On the evening of October 16, 2006, Bowen had been out drinking with a friend. He appeared to those who encountered him to be in good spirits and talked about a much needed vacation. His friend even made a comment to him about "being in paradise" the following night. But the night of October 17 turned out to be anything but a trip to paradise for Bowen.
Around 8:30 PM on October 17th, a guest at the Omni Royal Orleans, sitting in an upper level lounge, noticed the body of a man atop the roof of the parking deck. Bowen had jumped to his death from a rooftop terrace with a suicide note tucked into his pocket. His badly mangled body was covered in cigarette burns. Surveillance camera footage shows Bowen walking to the ledge several times before following through with his fateful jump."
Here is what the first part of Zachary's suicide note said :
"I didn't contact any of my family, so that'll explain the shock. This is not accidental. I had to take my own life to pay for the one I took…Every last one of these [aspects] I failed at, hence the 28 cigarette burns, one for each year of my existence."
The most disturbing thing is what the police found in Zachary's apartment. He had spray painted directions on the wall for the police to follow. They followed one particular scrawling to a large pot on the stove. The pot contained Addie Hall's head. In a second pot they found her hands and feet and inside the stove was a basting pan that contained Addie Hall's arms and legs.
The second part of Zachary's suicide note detailed the fact that he repeatedly had sex with Addie's corpse. Reports from eyewitnesses said that Addie's torso was on the kitchen table cooked, but not charred and the legs in the basting pan looked as if they had been picked over and eaten. Official police reports suggest however that the subject of cannibalism was an over-exaggeration made by the salacious press.
Now many people said that Zachary and Addie had been partying in the partially deserted city. It is possible that drugs had a serious impact on Zachary, perhaps he indulged in bath salts? Others believe that the fact that the second apartment was in the "voodoo district" and that evil spirits had possessed Zachary. Could the spirits or a demon have been so angry that these two lovers were partying while the rest of the city was drowning that they forced a normally mild mannered person to commit this atrocity?
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Chile's presidential election
Piñera flies the flag
Sebastián Piñera, an airline tycoon, is well placed to break his country's political mould. But he promises less change than meets the eye
THE mood at Sebastián Piñera's final campaign rally was hardly triumphant. The turnout on the Alameda, the main avenue in the centre of Santiago, Chile's capital, was poor by the standards of the rallies of previous election-winners. Groups of young people—there for the bands rather than the politics, they said—chatted obliviously through an uninspiring speech by Mr Piñera, the presidential candidate of Chile's conservative opposition.
Just three days later, on December 13th, Mr Piñera was jubilant. With 44% of the vote he now enters a run-off election on January 17th with a 14-point lead that will be hard to overcome for his rival, Eduardo Frei, a Christian Democrat from the ruling centre-left Concertación coalition. Defeat for Mr Frei, Chile's president from 1994 to 2000, would overturn Chile's stable political divide, with almost 60% habitually backing the centre-left and some 40% the right. This split has endured since a 1988 referendum that ended the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. Mr Piñera is confident of breaking this pattern. He offers voters "change, future and hope", whereas, he says, the Concertación, after 20 years in office, is "exhausted" and has "lost its direction".
For the first time it has also lost its unity. Many Concertación supporters backed Marco Enríquez-Ominami, a young, telegenic congressman who resigned from the coalition and stood as an independent, winning 20% of the vote, in protest at its failure to hold a national primary. Voters also showed their desire for political renewal by ejecting from Congress many incumbents who had sat there since 1990.
A hyperachiever who pilots his own helicopter, Mr Piñera has a Harvard doctorate in economics and is one of Chile's richest businessmen (he is said by Forbes magazine to be worth $1 billion). His assets include a television channel, a large stake in LAN, the national airline, and a stake in Colo Colo, the country's most popular football team. His task now is to convince a majority of Chilean voters that they can trust the right, many of whose leaders are still associated with the dictatorship.
He is trying to do so in two ways. He has defied his far-right coalition partner, the Independent Democratic Union (UDI), by adopting some socially liberal stances. He backs the availability of the morning-after contraceptive pill, though he is against abortion (still illegal in Chile). He shocked the UDI by including a gay couple in his television advertising. But rather than legalising civil unions, he has promised a bill to create inheritance and pension rights for unmarried couples, whatever their sexual orientation.
Secondly, he says he would retain many of the Concertación's social and economic policies, but would be tougher on crime and inject a new "sense of urgency" to boost economic growth. Even before the recession, from which the economy is now recovering, this had fallen to around 4%, compared with 6% in the 1990s.
This pledge of continuity reflects Chile's underlying political realities. Michelle Bachelet, the outgoing socialist president, has an approval rating of 75%. Her government has expanded the provision of health care, child care and pensions. But it also rigorously saved much of the windfall revenue from copper exports in the past few years, allowing it to implement a big economic stimulus this year, which helped to curb the rise in unemployment.
Eugenio Tironi, a sociologist who was an official in the first Concertación government, notes that although political debate in the 1990s was still defined by the right and "we had to sneak in our ideas, now everyone is a social democrat." Opinion polls tend to bear him out.
All this means that Mr Piñera's victory is not certain. The right has not won a presidential election in Chile since 1958. Both he and Mr Frei must fight for the votes of Mr Enríquez-Ominami, who says he will remain neutral. But Mr Frei's task over the next month is the harder. His campaign has seemed dispirited. He has tried but failed to wrap himself in Ms Bachelet's popularity. On December 14th he rejigged his campaign team, bringing in Carolina Tohá, a younger socialist leader who was Ms Bachelet's spokesman. His best hope is to appeal to the gut rejection by many older Chileans of everything associated with the dictatorship, in the hope that the 60-40, left-right split will once again prevail.
Whoever wins will have to work with an almost evenly divided Congress—in both houses independents will hold the balance of power. Although a victory for Mr Piñera would mark a powerful symbolic break with the past 20 years, its practical import might be limited.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline "Piñera flies the flag"


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Lately, either cider and bitters or a daiquiri. Or any mescal neat. It depends on where I'd like the night to go.
What's your favorite tool in creating cocktails?
What's the drink to order when you're behind the bar?
The Strega Genesis. It's one of my favorite cocktails on the menu right now. Equal parts Strega and Dolin dry vermouth, lemon, lime, fennel bitters and cardamom. It was sort of inspired by a Last Word—tart, vegetal and refreshing.
Best pickup line you've heard at a bar?
A faux pas would be treating the mise en place like bar snacks. I've seen some really embarrassing behavior, especially at Harvard & Stone. Nothing stands out in particular but people can get pretty weird when they stop caring about anything.
Favorite bar in LA is Tiki-Ti.
What are your places to eat late night?
The place I dream of all day and race to at night is Taco Zone, in the Vons shopping center on Alvarado.
My first kiss was on a campground in Wyoming.