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MALLET HOME ON COVINGTON STREET ln November, 1908
the above picture was made of the Mallet home, now occupied by Martha
Watts Harris. Left to right, standing in the back row, are Miss Reunette
Wescott, Lenora Nutt Ball (Mrs. H. Otis Ball), Miss Lucille Elder (Mrs. T.
A. Nutt), Miss Lois Rogers, Mrs. Emma (W. M.) Mallet, Mrs. Mary Nutt
Gov. Busbee Outlines Plans
For New Medicaid Agency
Since the beginning of my
administration I have con
ducted a continuing exami
nation of the Department of
Human Resources. During
the 1975 session of the
General Assembly, legisla
tion was adopted which
granted me broad authority
to make structural and
administrative changes in
this department.
I directed a series of such
changes during 1975 and in
the 1976 session of the
General Assembly, this
authority was extended
through December 31, 1976.
During this year I have
continued to examine the
operations of this depart
ment and I have reached
several conclusions.
I have concluded that the
concept of integrated and
coordinated deliveries of
human services such as
welfare, health, and voca
tional rehabilitation is a
rational approach to provid
ing these services at reason
able costs to the taxpayer,
But the practical require
ments for financial manage
ment and operational control
of these programs is in no
way simplified through a
coordinated delivery system,
and in some respects may be
more complex.
The Board of the Depart
ment of Human Resources,
the Commissioner, and the
Management of the Depart
ment have worked long and
hard to implement a sound
system of financial and
operational management in
the Department and have
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had dramatic success in
certain areas of the Depart
ment’s operation.
In recent months these
management efforts have
necessarily been preoccu
pied with our Medicaid
program. The Medicaid
program represents 38 per
cent of the total budget of the
Department of Human Re
sources and its financial and
operational management re
quirements are staggering.
There are approximately
500,000 Georgians eligible for
Medicaid and there are 10,000
potential providers of serv
ices for those eligible. The
program receives an
average of 25,000 claims
every working day -- well
over 6 million per year. It
has, by far, the most
complicated set of statutes
and regulations of all our
federal-state benefit pro
grams.
The complexity and diffi
culties of the Medicaid
program have sapped the
strength and energy of the
Department’s management,
have undermined public
confidence in the Depart
ment, and threaten to be a
continuing barrier to the
smooth operation of this
Department.
I have therefore determin
ed that the Medicaid pro
gram should be severed from
the Department and made
the subject of an independent
management mechanism.
This will be done' initially
through Executive action
and I will ask the General
Assembly to ratify this action
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Turner (Mrs. J. Hall Turner), Mrs. Annie Mallet Watts (Mrs. J. Mote
Watts), and Martha Augusta Watts. Children in front, left to right, Julian
Turner, William Nutt Turner, Doris Nutt (Mrs. Victor Carmichael). The
photo was furnished the paper by Mrs. Martha Watts. (J. J.) Harris.
through legislation early in
the legislative session.
I will establish a five
member Commission to
provide policy guidance and
management control for the
Medicaid program.
This Commission will be
appointed by the Governor
and will function similar to
the various Boards and
Commissions which direct
many prgrams in the state
government.
’ The Commission will be
subject to the conflict of
interest standards which
apply to other boards which
means that the direct
providers of Medicaid serv
ices will not be eligible to
serve. I will, however,
appoint five member ad
visory groups from each
major provider group such
as medical doctors, dentists
and nursing home operators,
to work with the policy
commission in administering
the Medicaid program. I will
also appoint a five member
advisory group to represent
the views and interests of
recipients.
I am in the final stages of
formulating certain other
adminstrative changes with
in the Department, but the
removal of the Medicaid
program from the Depart
ment will be the most
significant modification
which will be made within
the Department.
The action I’m announcing
today in no way represents a
failure of the major premise
upon which the Department
of Human Resources was
established. It does reflect
the recognition of the
practical financial manage
ment demands of the
Department and the Medi
caid program.
By reducing the Depart
ment’s budget by more than
one third and by establishing
Medicaid as a separate state
agency, I believe we will
have a better, more effective
Department of Human Re
sources and a stronger more
responsible Medicaid pro
gram.
The effective date of this
change will be December 15.
I plan to begin an
immediate search for five
Commission members with
strong backgrounds in fiscal
and administrative matters.
The commission, with the
advise and consent of the
Governor, will choose a
director for the Medicaid
Agency.
Columbus Medical Facility
Is Officially Accredited
The Mental Retardation
Unit (Pine Lodge) at West
Cental Georgia Regional
Hospital, Columbus, which
serves a large number of
Central Georgia counties,
including Butts, has received
notice of accreditation by the
Joint Commission for Ac
creditation of Hospitals
(JCAH), effective October
15, 1976.
It is the first such facility in
Georgia to receive accredita
tion as a result of a first
Survey and which accredita
tion was received in less than
two years after the hospital
received its first patient.
The first patient was
admitted to Pine Lodge
March 3, 1975, and in
September 1975 the Unit
attained eligibility to submit
application for survey. Ap
plication was submitted
October 9, 1975, and a
representative from JCAH
surveyed the unit July 10-21,
1976.
Only one other Mental
Retardation hospital in
Georgia is accredited. Child
ren’s Academy, Georgia
Regional Hospital, at Savan
nah was accredited March
1975 after completion of the
second survey which was six
years after the hospital
opened.
The survey procedure
measures the things a
hospital has and does against
what the Standards require a
hospital to have and do. The
Standards are divided into
three essential areas of
hospital function, namely,
adminstration, medical staff
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F.F.A. LEADERS Newly elected officers of the
Henderson Junior High FFA Club include, front row, left to
right, Lanzry Hansford, vice-president; Nicky Norsworthy,
president; Tony Sidney, sentinel. Back row, Lennis Hart,
treasurer; Wesley Parker, secretary. Not pictured is Tom
Morgan, reporter.
and nursing.
The accredited hospital
has voluntarily asked for
measurement. It has been
measured and found not
wanting. An accredited hos
pital gives the kind of care
which can be faithfully
recommended to the public.
The Standards for mental
retardation facilities em
phasize not only the safety of
the environment, and com
petency of the staff, but also
the human and personal
aspects of services rendered.
The Joint Commission of
Accreditation of Hospitals is
a non-government agency. It
developed from the Hospital
Standardization Program
established in 1918 by the
American College of Sur
geons to encourage the
adoption of a uniform
medical record format.
Editor’s Quote Book
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we do and not by what we
claim to do.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1976
Georgia Fire Commissioner
Praises Poster Contestants
“Who Can Prevent Fires?
You,’’ says 12-year-old Cathy
Boggus, one of three state
winners in the fourth annual
Georgia Fire Prevention
Month Theme and Poster
Contest.
The poster contest is the
focal point of the October
Georgia Fire Prevention
Month campaign, which is
sponsored by Comptroller
General Johnnie L. Cald
well’s office with the cooper
tion of the Insurance In
formation Institute and the
fire services.
To compete, elementary
school students wrote fire
safety slogans and drew
posters illustrating their
slogans. Winners were
chosen ip three grade
categories: grades 1-3,
grades 4-5 and grades 6-7.
Cathy Boggus of Gaines
ville, Ga., was the winner in
the grades 6-7 category.
Cathy is in the seventh grade
at Fair Street Elementary
School in Gainesville.
The winner in grades 4-5
was Dedrie Durrett, 9, of
Jackson. Dedrie, a fourth
grade student at Henderson
Elementary School in Butts
County, illustrated the
theme, “Take These Steps to
Prevent Fires.”
Eight-year-old Kelly Jones
of Atlanta was the winner for
grades 1-3. Kelly a third
grader at Henderson Mill
Elementary School in De-
Kalb County, used as his
theme, “Join the March for
Fire Prevention.”
Earlier in October, the
winning students had com
peted first in their own
schools, then were chosen as
winners in their school
systems. The state-wide
judging, the last phase of
competition, took place on
October 22.
“I am very proud of the
work done by all the students
who participated in the
contest throughout Georgia,”
said Comptroller General
and Safety Fire Commis
sioner Johnnie Caldwell.
“Their posters show that
they have really learned
about fire prevention.”
“We believe that the
knowledge gained by the
students who entered the
poster contest could someday
save them or their families
from serious injury by fire.”
Nationally, approximately
11,800 persons, including
over 3700 children, died as a
result of fire last year.
According to fire safety
experts, most of these lives
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could have been saved if
people had practiced proper
fire safety techniques. The
purpose of the annual
Georgia Fire Prevention
Month campaign is to remind
Georgians of this need to
learn and practice fire
safety.
The poster contest winners
were honored by Caldwell
during their Awards Week
end in Atlanta, October 28-30.
At a news conference on
October 29, Caldwell named
the winners Junior State Fire
Marshals and presented
them with firefighter hel
mets.
Other activities of the
Awards Weekend included
meals hosted by the Atlanta
Fire Department, the Insur
ance Information Institute,
Wendy’s Old Fashioned
Hamburgers and Mc-
Donald’s Restaurants;
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Lflj BYPATHS 413
-OUCOUNIBr ?00 Y I AR S AGO
In 1776. "Test Acts"
passed by revolutionary
governments required re
pudiation of loyalty to the
British Crown. Those who
chose to be Loyalists were
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disenfranchised, heavily
taxed and barred from
public office and the
professions. Many fled to
Canada and England and
many who left and who
remained were deprived of
property by state con
fiscation acts.
Tough Task
It is estimated that 12 per
cent Or, 4.5 million —of
the 40 million American
women who perform house
keeping duties are affected
by some type of disability.
Hotel; skating at Iceland of
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