May 10, 2013 Volume 24, Number 5 Pg 13
Radio Talking Book May Sampling Changes made for custom audio transmissions The Communication Center and the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library in Faribault are making changes to better service clients. One change is to have just one phone number to call. The new number for custom audio transcriptions is 651-539-1422. The equipment number remains 651-642-0885. Further changes will announced in the future.
Weekend Program Books Your Personal World (Saturday at 1 p.m.) is airing You Can Buy Happiness (and It’s Cheap) by Tammy Strobel, and 8 Habits of Love by Ed Bacon; For the Younger Set (Sunday at 11 a.m.) is airing Touched by Cyn Balog, and Racing the Moon by Alan Armstrong; Poetic Reflections (Sunday at noon) is airing Everyday People by Albert Goldbarth; The U.S. and Us (Sunday at 4 p.m.) is airing Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer.
Books available through Faribault Books broadcast on the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network are available through the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library in Faribault. Phone is 1-800-722-
Providers eye payment delays Personal care attendant (PCA) service providers around Minnesota are dealing with a payment delay for home and community-based services that could have serious consequences for small service providers. The payment delay affects claims submitted and scheduled to be paid for both the June 4 and June 18 payment dates. Some providers note that they will be hard-pressed to even cover a temporary or short delay, by being forced to dip into savings or take other measures to cover a possible shortfall. Some expressed surprise at the measure and what they saw as a lack of notice to plan. The payment delays apply to services covered under Fee-for-Service (FFS) Medical Assistance. The payment delays also don’t apply to services provided through MinnesotaCare or Medicare crossover claims The Minnesota Department of Human Services notified providers recently telling them they must plan appropriately for this interruption in payment. The program won’t provide payment advances. Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP) is required by law to delay payment for certain Medical Assistance services in June 2013. The law requires MHCP to delay payments normally made in June 2013 (the end of the fiscal year) until the first payment of July 2013. These payment delays apply to inpatient hospital services, non-hospital services, and Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). To comply with the requirements, MHCP will process payment delays by applying a reduction to feefor-service (FFS) claims. The type of reduction and the payment dates affected depend on the service. It affects a multiple of services ranging from home care services to day training and habilitation. MHCP will apply the delays to incoming claims only until reaching the required amount of savings, so some providers may not experience delays at all. Claims that are affected will pay zero. MHCP will apply the delays on the second payment cycle of the month of June, which occurs on June 18, 2013. Providers will receive the delayed payments on the next payment cycle, July 2, 2013. MHCP will report the reduction as a legislative cutback on the claim and will report Group/Adjustment Reason Code CO 45 on the remittance advice. Anyone with questions may call the MHCP Provider Call Center at 651-431-2700 or 1-800-366-5411. ■
0550 and hours are 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The catalog is online and can be accessed by going to the main website, http://education.state.mn.us, and then clicking on the link. Persons living outside of Minnesota may obtain copies of books by contacting their home state’s Network Library for the National Library Service. Listen to the Minnesota Radio Talking Book, either live or archived programs from the last week, on the Internet at www.mnssb.org/rtb. Call the staff at 651-642-0500 for a password to the site. See more information about events on the Facebook site for the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network. Facebook is a free social networking web site. Register at www.facebook.com
Access Press is one of the publications featured at 9 p.m. Sundays on the program It Makes a Difference Past is Prologue • Monday – Friday 9 a.m. The Blood of Heroes, Nonfiction by James Donovan, 2012. 13 broadcasts. Begins May 29. The last stand at the Alamo is recognized as a defining moment in American history. But it was only one part in the history of the formation of Texas. Read by John Potts. The Writer’s Voice • Monday – Friday 2 p.m. The Convert, Nonfiction by Deborah Baker, 2012. Eight broadcasts. Begins May 15. Margaret Marcus was raised in the postwar New York City area, left and converted to Islam, abandoned her country and Jewish faith, and permanently embraced a life of exile in Pakistan. Read by June Prange.
The Dog Lived (and So Will I), Nonfiction by Teresa J. Rhyne, 2012. 11 broadcasts. Begins May 27. Shortly after Teresa got her beagle, she was told of his tumor and the prognosis of one year of life. But she fought it not knowing she would soon have her own cancer diagnosis. Read by Jan Anderson. PM Report • Monday – Friday 8 p.m. The Presidents Club, Nonfiction by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy, 2012. 22 broadcasts. Begins May 27. Formed by Eisenhower, the Presidents Club is complicated; its members are bound by Oval Office experience yet are rivals for history’s favor. Read by Charlie Boone.
Night Journey • Monday – Friday 9 p.m. The Malice of Fortune, Fiction by Michael Ennis, 2012. 18 broadcasts. Begins May 15. Pope Alexander sends courtesan, Damiata, to Imola to learn the truth about his son’s murder and he holds her own son hostage. Once there, she becomes a pawn in political intrigues of the pope’s surviving son, the Duke Valentino. V - Read by Neil Bright. Off the Shelf • Monday – Friday 10 p.m. Penelope, Fiction by Rebecca Harrington, 2012. 10 broadcasts. Begins May 13. When Penelope O’Shaunessy sets off for Harvard, her mother has lots of advice. But no amount of advice or coaching will prepare Penelope for the people she meets at school. L - Read by Licia Swanson.
The Deep Zone, Fiction by James M. Tabor, 2012. 15 broadcasts. Begins May 27. A disease outbreak sends a team of scientists on a desperate hunt for a cure –from a top-secret federal agency to a violence-prone area of Mexico to the bottom of earth’s deepest cave. L - Read by Dave Schliep. Potpourri • Monday – Friday 11 p.m. Show Dog, Nonfiction by Dean Josh, 2012. 15 broadcasts. Begins May 21. The United States has more than two million pedigreed dogs who participate in more than 2,000 dog shows annually. Jack is one of those dogs. Read by Audray Rees. Good Night Owl • Monday – Friday midnight The Last Warner Woman, Fiction by Kei Miller, 2012. Eight broadcasts. Begins May 22. Adamine was sent from Jamaica to live in England after she discovered she had the gift of “warning.” There, she was met with fear and locked in an institution. As an older woman, she wants to tell her story. L – Read by Ann Reed. After Midnight • Tuesday – Saturday 1 a.m. Drain You, Fiction by Beth Bloom, 2012. 10 broadcasts. Begins May 22. Quinlan’s life is a predictable mix of fashion, parties, and boring job. Then she meets James and finds out that the Los Angeles canyons are crawling with gangs of the undead. Now her goal is to stay sane, cool, in love, and alive. L - Read by Mitzi Lewellen. ■
Abbreviations: V – violence, L – offensive language, S – sexual situations
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