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More than just an advertisement SSSSSSSSSSSttttttttttiiiiiiiiiilllllllllll Frellllllllll FFFFFFFFFFrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeee!eeeeeee!!!!!!!!!! Stil Inside Inside Event calendar Comics! Pages 8-9 INNformer Page 10 Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 2, No. 2_ ___ The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 __ _ ____ January 23, 2015 Area hospitals lose some Medicaid funding By Kate Reich hospital acquired conditions. More than 700 hospitals across the nation will have a portion of their Medicaid funding taken Several hospitals in West Virginia will lose 1 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Ser- away, an estimated $373 million for 2015. percent of their federal Medicare reimbursevi- ces graded each hospital in the country on Hospitals may regain funding once their scores ment due to high rates of avoidable illness three categories: urinary tract infections from improve over the next several years. and injuries amongst their patients. catheters, central line bloodstream infections and a group called Serious Complications, Wetzel County Hospital in New Martins- Even nationally known hospitals such as the made up of such things as blood clots and bed Cleveland Clinic were partially stripped of ville, Camden Clark Hospital in Parkersburg sores. Scored on a scale of 1-10, with 1 being funding. and Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheel- the best and 10 the worst, any hospital that ing are within the top 25 percent of hospitals Six hospitals in West Virginia lost funding, scored above a 7 is subject to penalty. with a certain type injury known as HAC, with 22 in Ohio. meters water ‘Smart’ planned for Sistersville NEW BOW By Kate Reich SHOP Sistersville residents recently received their first look at water meters TARGETS the city is considering installing later this year. TYLER Dan Devane of Zenner, the company that manufactures the meters, COUNTY spoke last week to a small crowd about the advantages of Advanced Bob Sherman Metering Infrastructure, or AMI. A small device would fit onto a water realized the need meter and send out water usage reports directly to the Municipal Water for a local archery Department office every 24 hours via a radio frequency. shop and filled it. Two types of Zenner water meters are being considered. The first is the See the story most common, a positive displacement meter (PD meter). These me- on page 5. ters gauge water usage by how much water occupies a measuring chamber. As the water comes in the chamber, it moves a piston at- tached to a magnet. That magnet can then move another magnet in the register, giving a usage reading. The second is the multijet water meter. Instead of measuring water volume, this one records the speed of the water and uses the velocity to determine usage. Both are comparable in terms of accuracy and cost. Continued on Page 4 Report details gr oundwater safety FERRFFFFFFFEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYY YY BBBBBBBOOOOARAAARRRDDDD CCCCCCCCCCONOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSISIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDDEEEEEERS EEEERRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSS FOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG POR PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUTHOUUUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTY TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY By Kate Reich A year after the Jan. 9, 2014, chemical spill in The full Sistersville Ferry Board met Tues- the Elk River near Charleston, a recently re- day, Jan. 20, to discuss the current financial leased report provides an analysis into the situation and condition of the boat. One of number of aboveground tanks and how close the ’ s tug s ission sm r ant d ha been ed ov rem they are to rivers and streams. for repair during the fall, but after it was re- The report was put out by West Virginia Rivers installed there was a significant amount of Coalition, a nonprofit group that advocates for vibration. Further repairs may be necessary. clean rivers and streams, and Downstream Strate- The board also authorized the exploration of gies, an environmental affairs consulting firm. creating a Port Authority to take over opera- In the months following the spill, the West Vir- tions of the ferry, which led City Council- ginia legislature quickly passed Senate Bill 373, whose requirements include the registration of bere mmarHold lyolDto saythat sres“prog Continued on Page 4 ade.” en m has be — Staff report
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