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-THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1982
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Cumming Mayor Ford Gravitt (second from right) presides
over the ribbon-cutting ceremonies for Family Dollar at the
store’s opening last Thursday. A crowd of more than 300
people was on hand for the opening of the store, located in the
Two Face Charges On Drugs
Two men have been ar
rested by the Cumming Po
lice Department and
charged with violation of the
Georgia Controlled Sub
stances Act.
Police Chief Gabe Dukas
identified the two as Robin
Chamber Directors View Goals
Members of the Cumming-
Forsyth County Chamber of
Commerce Board of direc
tors meet in a regular
monthly session last week to
talk about objectives in in
volving membership and to
set goals.
Each of the directors pre
sent, along with Chamber
Two Hurt In Forsyth Wreck
Two people were injured in
a one-car accident in For
syth County, on Thursday,
Sept. 9.
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Dean Pilcher and Mickey
Edward Neisler. Both men
are age 19, and reside in
Cumming.
The two were arrested
while allegedly attempting
to purchase suspected mari
juana.
President Val Shinall and
Executive Director Mac
Berston had input into the
meeting and several round
table discussions followed
that resulted in the exchange
of ideas.
A new committee has been
formed to deal with some
issues that face involving
Lawrenceville post said that
a vehicle driven by Jeffery
Lamar Bagwell, of Cum
ming, left Georgia 9 and
crashed into an embank
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new Tri-County Plaza. Gravitt is flanked by local store
manager Lane Maddox and Family Dollar regional director
Stanley Abrams on his right and Forsyth County Bank
President Charles Ingram on his left.
The police department
also is investigating two
thefts which occurred in
Cumming last week.
Dukas said an automobile
tag and a motorcycle were
stolen from L & L Motors, at
530 Atlanta Road, on Sept.
membership, and the com
mittee will make a report
back to the full board in a
special called meeting on
Sept. 30.
Directors present during
the meeting were Josh Dun
can, Charles Ingram, Larry
Boling, Bobby Thomas,
Buddy Hobbs, Eddie Stowe,
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another embankment, and
overturning three times.
The accident occurred 1.8
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A six-channel power
booster was also removed
from a jeep parked at
George Daniels’ used car
dealership, at 330 Canton
Highway, on Sept. 10. The
police department is investi
gating both incidents.
Mike Montgomery and Ca
thy Amos.
Chamber directors were
pleased with the outcome of
the discussions and are
working toward implemen
tation and further dis
cussions of ideas, goals and
recommendations.
12:45 Thursday morning.
Bagwell, and a passenger
inside the vehicle, Tim
Campbell, also of Cumming,
were injured in the accident.
Hospital Offers Program
But, Response Is Slow
By CHUCK THOMPSON
News Editor
The American Hospital
Association (AHA) has ap
proved a program designed
to slow the rate of increase in
spending for health care.
The program was adopted at
the AHA’s annual conven
tion, Aug. 30 through Sept. 1,
in Atlanta.
At present, about one-third
of all U. S. companies offer
ing group health insurance,
also are making attempts to
reduce health care costs.
Those companies are em
phasizing preventive medi
cine, and some; like
Kimberly-Clark, in Roswell,
have begun fitness programs
for employees. Other compa
nies are offering periodic
tests for diabetes, and other
diseases.
Forsyth County Hospital
also has made attempts to
lower health care spending,
by developing low-cost
“wellness” programs for lo
cal industries. Response to
the programs, however, has
been limited.
“We sent letters to about
13 Forsyth County indus
tries, offering to meet with
them, and determine their
needs, but only one re
sponded,” Forsyth County
Hospital Administrator Joe
Brandon said. Brandon said
the program would have
dealt with good diet habits
and smoking, and included
hypertension and diabetes
screening.
“We get accused of charg
ing high prices for services
rendered,” Brandon said.
“We wanted to put some
thing back into the commu
nity, and this is one way of
doing it. If we did charge for
the program, it would only
be for handouts, and nec
essary booklets. Costs would
be held to a minimum.” He
added that the program can
either be administered at the
hospital, or at an industrial
location, whichever was pre
ferred by company officials.
“We’re still open to try to
work with industries,
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physicians,” the hospital ad
ministrator said. “We can
set up employee screenings,
which would be helpful for
an industry, that; for exam
ple, had problems with lung
diseases among its employ
ees.”
The program approved by
the American Hospital Asso
ciation was described by
AHA President Alexander
McMahon as a “creed” for
reducing health care spend
ing.
McMahon noted that most
consumers have few cost
saving incentives, because
under the present payment
system, they are free from
hospital costs. At present,
about 90 percent of all hospi
tal care is paid for by insur
ance companies, or by public
programs, like Medicare
and Medicaid.
Among the goals of the
new program are:
AHA assistance to hos
pitals working with groups
which are seeking cost-effec
tive health care delivery.
Checks Not Taken Here;
Tennessee Bank Closes
Action by The Bank of
Cumming last month appar
ently led federal officials to
leads that resulted in the
closure of a small town bank
in Hohenwald, Tenn.
The Tennessee bank was
abruptly closed on Friday,
Sept. 3 by the state’s banking
commissioner following a se
ries of events that involved
deposits and checks drawn
in financial institutions that
reached across the country.
Five checks totalling $3.8
million were returned to the
Hohenwald Bank on Aug. 17
by the Bank of Cumming
because of what Bank Presi
dent and owner Walter
“Buddy” Hobbs referred to
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Opposition by the AHA,
to unreasonable reductions
in public health care financ
ing programs, and the devel
opment of programs to
ensure care for patients un
able to pay.
Changes in health insur
ance benefits and financing,
to increase consumer cost
consciousness.
Requiring, or encourag
ing choices of the type of
coverage.
Placing limits on tax
deductions for health insur
ance, and on employer con
tributions for coverage.
Adoption of a Medicare
voucher system.
The association also is
seeking a fixed-price pay
ment system for Medicare,
and hopes to explore a possi
ble extension of such a sys
tem to other third-party
buyers, such as insurance
companies.
At present, hospitals are
reimbursed by insurance
companies, or the govern
ment, for their costs. The
more hospitals spend, the
more they receive; and if the
hospitals save money, they
as uncollected funds.
A man identifed by offi
cials as John H. Candler
opened a sizable account by
depositing checks for some
of his companies into the
Bank of Cumming.
Hobbs said accounts had
been opened at his bank and
when checks appeared total
ling $3.8 million, “red flags
went up to tell us to take a
closer look at this.”
When Candler tried to
withdraw sizable amounts
from the Bank of Cumming,
the bank became suspicious.
The bank closed Candler’s
accounts and chose not to do
business with his companies,
Hobbs said.
receive less money.
By changing to a fixed
price system, hospitals
would make money by keep
ing their costs under the pre
determined price.
Individuals would also be
more concerned about costs,
since third-party payments
by public programs and in
surance companies would be
fixed.
Brandon told The News
last week that Forsyth
County Hospital advocates
the new program. “A combi
nation of both hospitals and
consumers must work to
lower health care costs,”
Brandon said. “The basic
required lifestyle items,
such as housing, food and
clothing, are paid for di
rectly by the consumer.
Medical care is different a
third party pays. When
someone else picks up the
tab, people don’t often use
things conservatively. Peo
ple continue to come to the
emergency room, and nm up
S4O-60 bills, when they could
go to a doctor, and pay only
$15.”
Candler was notified the
bank would return the
checks, which they were the
following day, Hobbs said.
According to a story in the
Wall Street Jorunal, the
FDIC said it decided to close
the Hohenwald bank because
an “undetermined but poten
tially large volume of contin
gent liabilities” made it
impractical to arrange for
another bank to assume its
deposits. However, the story
said, the agency which in
sures each account for as
much as SIOO,OOO estimated
that all but $500,000 of the
bank’s $27 million in deposits
are covered by its insurance,
or otherwise secured.
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