At Last -The Reinvented Morph Wheel is Here!

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Cupid and the Bathroom Scale

Look out for Cupids' stronghold! Keep close track of the chocolate and other sweets that can distract you from your weight goal for 2013.The NEW My Weigh PD-750 (SCMPD750) is one tough scale! Designed with the heavy-duty user in mind, this scale doesn't lack in features to deliver the quality you'd come to expect from MyWeigh: the PD-750 is a multi-use scale for both personal & industrial use. The coolest thing about this scale that sets it apart from many of the scales out there is it's amazingly huge capacity - 750 POUNDS (330 KILOGRAMS) & designed to withstand up to 1,200lbs of force.Go for it! But keep track......

http://www.wheelchairsabound.com/PD-750-Bathroom-Scale-750lb-Capacity

F.Y.I

One of the nurses on my team will have more than the $105.00 deduction limit by the end of the month probably every month. He contacted SEIU to complain, stating that ODJFS should be able to calculate when the monthly limit has been satisfied. SEIU employee stated that ODJFS system will deduct weekly regardless, will not keep track of month-to-date total and the PROVIDER is responsible to contact SEIU for reimbursement request. The office person also stated that a check should be cut and released by the 15th of the next month.

Please contact SEIU at 800.227.1199 and confirm they have your correct address. The office person said that not all info that ODJFS has provided is accurate, i.e., address, phone numbers. And please hang in there, don't lose hope that we can be free of this union!!!

The state cannot require union membership as a condition of participation. Under the law governing public employees, the most that a state and union can require is payment of the objector fee. So even if IPs can be treated like public employees, they cannot be forced to be full union members. However, I would wager that a lot of people will "voluntarily" sign up for the union if they think that they must to re-enroll.

Strickland wants Passport patients staffed by IPs

The correspondence below is self-explanatory. My question is...will these positions be mandatory union positions?


From: Ohio Council for Home Care and Hospice
Date: June 11, 2010 1:01:17 PM EDT

Major Expansion of Choice in PASSPORT Would Add IPs as Providers;
Strickland Administration Wants Change in Place by End of the Year

The Ohio Department of Aging (ODA) is moving rapidly to expand the PASSPORT program to accommodate another provider type -- specifically a consumer-directed individual provider -- referred to in other programs as IPs or independent providers.

The Director of ODA has said the goal is to have this major expansion in place by the end of the year. ODA plans to have several important and complex aspects of the program expansion accomplished and in place by November. Amending the waiver and approval by CMS is just one of the many steps in the process, along with rewriting the administrative law rules.

Ohio Council for Home Care and Hospice (OCHCH), the longest serving state association representing 500 home care and hospice agencies, is taking the lead in working diligently with ODA on providing comments and recommendations. Assuring safety for our elderly and most frail population is extremely important, said Kathleen Anderson, President for OCHCH. She said OCHCH members have had years of knowledge on how expansions of this type work, starting with the Ohio Home Care Waiver Program in 1998, which was the first program to allow independent providers.

OCHCH will keep its members apprised of its advocacy efforts, along with any changes and revisions to the program that are under discussion. Those of you who are not members of OCHCH can stay abreast of this important development - and assist us in providing input - by joining the association. Join now and recognize a 50% savings on your membership via mid-year dues. Click here for OCHCH dues information.

As the providers of quality care day in and day out, you have the expertise to fully understand the impact this change would have so we greatly welcome and appreciate your comments and questions. Please let us know your assessment of this change as soon as possible since time is of the essence.

"We can lose our right to work?"

If you read the opening notification window on the Rhinobill website this morning while you were billing, you would have read we either pay up or lose our "right to work". Unbelievable...contact you State Senator, contact Gov Strickland. SEIU can't be allowed take away our right to work!

Important Links

Check out the links list on the right bar of the page, "Find Your Ohio Senator" and "Contact Ohio Governor Strickland". Find your state Senator, contact him/her and keep contacting until the SEIU goes away and we get our freedom back, do the same with Governor Strickland. Don't forget this is an election year!

The "National Right To Work" is doing great work fighting unwanted unionization across the country, keep track of the great work. You may consider being a contributor.

Columbus Dispatch Article

From June 8, 2010 the Columbus Dispatch ran an article alleging the union dues will be used to fund Gov. Strickland re-election campaign. Please note that Strickland says the union is voluntary....that's not what I'm experiencing. Union Dues A Campaign Issue

FTC Letter

State Senator Bill Seitz commissioned the FTC to study feasibility of the unionization of the Independent Home Care providers.
FTC Letter to Strickland

Propoganda: Who is SEIU District 1199?

Many of the folks contacting me about this have been asking how the union has the right to just take our money; well, here is a flyer and notice received on May 18, 2010 in the packet from SEIU, which was sent to all the new non-member fee payers.
Read discerningly - SEIU Packet.