🌱 Patch AM: How rising Medicaid nutrition therapy costs affect Alsip’s tax-funded health dollars

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• How rising Medicaid nutrition therapy costs affect Alsip’s tax-funded health dollars

Also on today's calendar: Crown the King Jackpot Rolls Over to $9,470+.

Today's riddle: If you have 13 apples in one hand and 10 oranges in the other, what do you have ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny, breezy and nice, with a high of 76 and low of 55 degrees.
• Sunday: Sunshine and pleasant, temps: high: 73, low: 60.
• Monday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 57 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Alsip Medicaid payments for Enteral and Parenteral Therapy reach $773,831 in 2024, rising 2.7% (southcooknews.com) — Alsip Medicaid providers saw $773,831 in 2024 payments for enteral and parenteral therapy, a 2.7% increase that reflects how local tax-funded health dollars are being used. The category ranks fifth among Medicaid spending areas in Alsip, with nearly all payments tied to ZIP code 60803 and a handful of specialized nutrition-related billing codes.    

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Tuesday June 2

• Crown the King Jackpot Rolls Over to $9,470+ →
  Birdies Sports Bar & Grill, 4036 W 111th St, Oak Lawn
  7:00 pm

Wednesday June 3

• Oak Lawn Restaurant Week →
  9:00 am
• Park Lawn Queen of Hearts Jackpot Climbs to Nearly $1 Million After Another Packed Drawing Night! →
  Fat Tommy's Grill & Sports Bar, 4901 Cal Sag Rd, Crestwood
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I need house siding and railings painted.
  Old paint chipping and cracking. 2 story House. Front and back railing also looking bad. Need some wood repair and painting. House vents were painted… (Nextdoor Alsip Canal)

• Pilot Travel Centers, LLC posted a job opening for Janitorial Maintenance in Alsip. Apply here.
• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Lot Associate in Alsip. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Alsip here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Blue Island

• Ravyn Lenae welcomes fans into ‘Blue Island' with release of new single, ‘Handle' (deltaplexnews.com)

Palos Heights

• Palos Heights police take top prize in Elevate Blue Contest (southwestregionalpublishing.com)

Oak Lawn

• Oak Lawn Softball Sluggers Kamya Feigl And Lexie Blanco Finish Improbable Season (patch.com)
• Local Event: Park Lawn Queen of Hearts Jackpot Climbs to Nearly $1 Million After Another Packed Drawing Night! (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Big hands ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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