Speaking on Tuesday, the administrator for primary healthcare at the Katima Mulilo State Hospital Ignasius Nkunga, called on parents to co-operate with health personnel so that the upcoming polio vaccination campaign succeeds. The Thunder Bay Post Polio Chapter of the Ontario March of Dimes will be holding a Post-Polio Information Day on Sat. The team from St. Joseph's Hospital Post Polio Clinic will be speaking. Linda Adamson, PT, will speak on the Principles of Exercise. There will also be vendor displays including Shoppers Home Health Care and MediChair.
Registration is FREE and open to anyone.
Beginning this week, all bills submitted by health care providers for services to Medicare beneficiaries are expected to be Year 2000 compliant. The Medicare program and its contractors have provided notification to providers since last year that Year 2000 compliant claims would be expected beginning this week. The action will help assure that providers are preparing their computer systems for the date change on Jan. 1, 2000. To be reimbursed for Medicare claims, doctors, hospitals and other health care providers must now submit bills that use 8-digit dates in order to be paid by the private insurance companies that process and pay Medicare claims. We're encouraged that most of the Medicare claims now being submitted are already Y2K compliant.