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Page 8 University Daily Kansan, November 9, 1982
Kinks in new computer cause delays in Med Center billing
By VICKY WILT Staff Reporter
KANSAS CITY, Kan - Glitches in the new computer billing system at the University of Kansas Medical Center are causing delays in sending out patients' bills, the hospital administrator said yesterday.
Eugene Staples, hospital administrator, said the hospital was in the process of sending out the first bills on the computer, but a few mechanical problems had to be worked out before the department's billing. By Jan. 1, Staples said, he hopes all billing will be done with the new system.
When the difficulties with the new system are solved, the Med Center's billing process will be improved, he said.
“In the past we have had a lot of late charges and inaccurate charges, but we won't have these problems in the future,” he said. “Our goal is to have a first class bill mailed to the patient seven calendar days after discharge.”
THE BILLS are processed by American Medical International in California and then mailed back to the Med Center to be sent to the patients, Staples said.
The new computer allows more detail on the patients' bills. Staples said. The printout lists titles of departments and services. It also tells you know what each charge is for, he said.
process is done by AMI, whose service costs about $1 million a year. Staples cost about $2 million a year.
The Kansas Legislature appropriated $250,000 to replace the existing 16-year-old system in 1981. At that time it was decided that it would be just as economical to replace both the hardware and the software.
THE UNIVERSITY owns the in-house computer, but the actual billing
He said the computer would save money.
The improved efficiency of accurate billing and the quicker payment of bills
"Time is money and this will save a lot of time. It will free up our professional people and let them do the work that is needed for — that is, to care for patients."
Each employee has a card that can be inserted into the computer. The employee types in the treatment, medication or test that is administered to the patient and it is automatically recorded on his bill. Staples said if an order for tests was made by a doctor the order would be transmitted to the laboratory, the nurses station and then to the business office, in one step.
Alumni worker receives service pin from Carlin
TOPEKA—Gov. John Carlin honored a KU employee yesterday for her 43 years of service to the state.
Mildred Clodteller, assistant secretary of the University of Kansas Alumni Association, was congratulated when she and received a 40-year service pin.
Clodfelter was one of 18 state employees who received recognition during the third annual 40-Year Service ceremony in the governor's office.
"I enjoyed it and appreciated the recognition," Clofolter said. "It's hard to believe it's been that many years. When you like what you're doing, 'time goes by quickly.'
Carlin commended the recipients on the length of their service to the state.
"This is a special occasion for all of us." Carlin said.
He said he hoped the award recipients had fond memories and good feelings for the state.
He said it was appropriate to honor state employees because part of the emphasis of state legislation was to show appreciation for them.
"Some of you started working for the state about the time I was born," Carlin said. "I was in high school."
Clodfeller was a KU student in the mid-180s and worked at the student hospital to help finance her education. She later studied for the Alumni Association in 1944.
KU student reports rape
A KU student told police she was raped at about 11 p.m. Saturday northwest of Lindley Hall, KU police said vesterday.
The woman told police that a man asked her to get into his car. When she ran away, the man got out and chased her, she told police. The man caught her and heard her near Joseph R. Pearson Hall, police said.
Jim Denney, KU police director,
said that police were still investigating several leads in the case but that they did not have a suspect.
The woman was treated at Watkins Memorial Hospital after the attack, police said. The rape was not reported to police until 1:38 p.m. on Sunday.
Alumni membership drive nets 485
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By DAN PARELMAN Staff Reporter
The University of Kansas Alumni Association's fall membership drive netted a little more than half the number of people it recruited in fall 1981, according to the associate director of the Alumni Association.
The sweepstakes-membership drive gained 485 members, down from 911 members who joined last fall, according to Alumni Association records.
The drive, which was promoted with a Caribbean sweepstakes, ended yesterday as Chancellor Emeritus Raymond Nichols, chancellor in 1972 and 1973, drew the winning entry. L.W.King, Cincinnati, a member of the class of 1958, won an 11-day Caribbean cruise.
B. J. Pattet, associate director of the Alumni Association, said that 3,833 of the 90,000 alumni who received mailed entry forms entered the contest. Of the
respondents, 13 percent joined the Alumni Association
Pattie blamed the low response on the recession, the football team's season record and the inability of many people to take time off from their jobs in January to take advantage of the cruise.
She also said that membership may be leveling off. The Alumni Association has 30 percent of KU alumni as well, and the student percentage may be hard to get, she said.
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WSU athletic director resigns
Saying that Wichita State could not maintain the support of its students, faculty, alumni and fans without new athletic leadership, Ahlberg appointed C. Russell Wentworth, dean of University College and the School of Continuing Education, as interim athletic director.
By United Press International
WICHTA- In the midst of investigations into Wichita State University's football and basketball athletic programs, school president Clark Ahbhrig yesterday accepted the award of athletic director Ted Bredhoff.
Ahlberg also asked Wentworth to form a committee to hire a new director.
"I regret having to make this decision, but I do not think we can rebuild and maintain confidence among our students, faculty, alumni, supporters and the public unless we have new leadership for the athletic program," Alhberg said in a prepared statement. "I believe this decision is appropriate." He added University and the future of inter-collegiate athletics at the institution."
Bredhoeft's resignation is effective Nov. 16. He has been athletic director since 1972.
The NCAA in January placed Wichita State's basketball program on three years of probation, preventing the Shockers from competing in the NCAA championship tournament until 1983-84. NCAA investigations also are underway in the university's basketball and football programs. An internal report by Wichita State University on recent NCAA charges is due Nov. 18.
Wichita State has been penalized six times for rules violations, more than any other NCAA member institution.
Ahlberg said he had no knowledge of any rules violations by Bredehoft.
Rain, milder temperatures predicted
From Staff and Wire Reports
Even without the rain, temperatures this week will remain mild, far above their biting让s bites, according to Steve Schurr, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Topeka. Schurr said high temperatures this week would be in the mid-60s, with nighttime lows in the 40s. Sunday night's low of 52 was 15 degrees above normal, he said.
Rain may be just around the corner for eastern Kansas as a low pressure system builds in the west, bringing storms to tomorrow, according to meteorologists.
"The weather in Kansas is an average of the extremes, or so it appears," Schurr said.
bly would move through the area by the weekend, followed by slightly cooler temperatures, but "nothing like we had last week."
Kansas later this week dumped 6 inches of heavy snow on the Sierrias Madre
SNOW FELL at the rate of 1 inch an hour at Norden, Calif., near Lake Tahoe, Placerville, Calif., had 4 inches and Blue Canyon, Calif., had 3 inches.
Schurr said the incoming rain proba-
The snow came from a young storm system over the Great Basin that forecasters said might turn into a major storm. Early in the day, it covered mountains of Oregon, California and Nevada with snow and gusty winds.
THE WARM respite has offered contractors in Lawrence a chance to continue free winterization projects on low income homes in the city that meet financial requirements, according to the city's Community Development department.
Applications for the next round of winterizations are available at City
Elsewhere around the country yesterday, the storm that is expected in
The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for the Sierras and the Lake Taheo basin in Nevada, and a winter storm watch was ordered for northern and central Nevada and central Montana.
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