COUNTY NEEDS $4 MILLION MORE MEDICARE COSTS, PAY HIKES EAT AWAY AT BUDGET.Byline: Jennifer Klein Klein , Melanie 1882-1960. Austrian-born British psychoanalyst who first introduced play therapy and was the first to use psychoanalysis to treat young children. Staff Writer VENTURA - The Board of Supervisors today will review more than $5 million in unbudgeted expenses - from salary increases to extra costs from the Medicare Medicare, national health insurance program in the United States for persons aged 65 and over and the disabled. It was established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and is now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. billing settlement - to be covered mainly by unexpected revenues. The budget adjustments come as the end of the fiscal year is rapidly approaching and, despite ongoing budget tightening, the county is still $4 million short of its goal of a $15 million balance to start off the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. Deputy Chief Administrative Officer A chief administrative officer (CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive Bert Bigler said most of the budget adjustments going before the board are routine and will be offset by either diverting di·vert v. di·vert·ed, di·vert·ing, di·verts v.tr. 1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 2. money from other planned expenditures, such as supplies, or through unexpected tax revenues. Bigler said the expenses would not throw the county's general fund balance into a deficit. Among the increased spending: $2.5 million for Ventura County Medical Center Ventura County Medical Center is a hospital in the city of Ventura, California, USA. It is a 208 bed acute care hospital. The county also operates a 49 bed campus in Santa Paula. , $1 million for the Health Care Agency, $750,000 for the District Attorney's CERTIFICATE, ATTORNEY'S, Practice, English law. By statute 37 Geo. III., c. 90, s. 26, 28, attorneys are required to deliver to the commissioners of stamp duties, a paper or note in writing, containing the name and usual place of residence of such person, and thereupon, on paying certain Office and $600,000 for the Chief Administrative Office. However, with $11 million in the general fund balance, the county remains roughly $4 million short of its goal to start off the new fiscal year with $15 million in the general fund. The county might be even shorter of money than it appears. That $11 million in the bank includes $7 million in tobacco settlement money, which some supervisors already have earmarked for spending on health care programs. A coalition of private hospitals is also angling for a large share of the settlement. ``I want it to go to health care,'' said Supervisor Frank Schillo. ``That's where it should go and that is where it belongs.'' Schillo said he is confident that interim CAO Harry Hufford will be able to find a way to get around general fund use of the tobacco tax money, whether through reducing next fiscal year's budget or making up the money in some other way. For this year, though, the District Attorney's Office will come in more than $750,000 over budget, partly because of salary increases, which were still being negotiated when the budget was drawn up last year, and because of heavy workload The term workload can refer to a number of different yet related entities. An amount of labor While a precise definition of a workload is elusive, a commonly accepted definition is the hypothetical relationship between a group or individual human operator and task demands. . Most of the extra expense has been racked up by having to pursue three potential death penalty cases and 52 homicide homicide (hŏm`əsīd), in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. cases. The Health Care Agency needs more than $1 million in extra money for its administration budget, most of which is related to the settlement in the Medicare over-billing case. As part of the settlement, the agency had to retrain re·train tr. & intr.v. re·trained, re·train·ing, re·trains To train or undergo training again. re·train employees as well as set up an office of compliance. The settlement came after the budget was established, Bigler said. Ventura County Medical Center will need more than $2.5 million, partially for salary increases. The CAO's office will need an infusion of $600,000, mainly because of unexpected costs resulting from annual leave payouts to outgoing employees, which are negotiated on an individual basis, Bigler said. |
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