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Nebraska hospitals say it's getting harder to get insurers to pay them

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Nebraska hospitals say it's getting harder to get insurers to pay them

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Julie Lattimer had had a pretty good experience with Bright Health for most of the time she had a health insurance policy with the company, so she was surprised when a routine $60 lab charge was denied back in August.

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Physical Therapy

Lyle Emery, a physical therapist, attends to Mrs. Morris Nelson of Minden as she receives therapy after recovering after a hip prosthesis in 1955.

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Four Person Ward

These beds and chairs were in a four-person ward at Lincoln General Hospital. 

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Expanding the radiology department

Bob Brungard, Lincoln General administrator, and Herb Hopkins, chairman of the Hospital Community Development Council, stand at an X-ray examining table in the radiology department.

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New Kitchen Equipment

In June 1967, the food service workers spend their time testing out the new kitchen equipment that will help prepare 1,000 meals a day at Lincoln General Hospital.

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Lincoln General Nurses

Mrs. James Venable and Marcia Barnes look across the street toward the area that is to become the hospital's front entrance in 1962.

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Ground Breaking

In January 1965, ground was broken on a $6 million new Lincoln General Hospital. At the ceremony were Dr. George Cover, Joe W. Seacrest, Dr. Fredrick Teal, Dr. Horace Munger and Robert Brungard.

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Showcasing the equipment

Dorothea Hyde shows Mrs. Duane Swanson and Mrs. E Stewart Maness some of the hospital's current equipment in 1967.

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Cobalt 60 X-Ray Unit

In 1967, cancer survival and cure rates were beginning to climb because of early detection and therapy with tools such as penetrating radiation treatment.

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Mounted Monitor

Mounted in the special care unit nursing station, this monitor records the continuous heart behavior of four patients simultaneously at Lincoln General Hospital in 1967.

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Out with the old and In with the new

The new Lincoln General Hospital is ready for patients as the demolition process of the old General Hospital begins in 1969. 

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Old Lincoln General Hospital

In early 1969, the old hospital is quiet as patients begin to transition into the new hospital.

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Crippling Sun Room

This former sunroom is empty and in disrepair in the old general hospital in 1969. 

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Electrodes

Physical therapist Don Marx wires technician Judy Rovar with electrodes in 1980. 

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Creating IV Mixtures

Pharmacist Paul McLaughlin prepares intravenous nutrition mixtures for patients who are unable to eat in 1982.

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Lincoln General Hospital

Lincoln General Hospital in 1984.

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New Hospital Equipment

As Lincoln General Hospital put the final touches on its $17.5 million construction project in 1985, Judy Charlson, a radiological technologist, and medical secretary Susan Frenke demonstrate the hospital's linear accelerator.

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Physician Registry

Dr. Harold Harvey calls up messages on a new physician registry designed by Lincoln General Hospital systems and programming supervisor Ray Bloomquist and his staff in 1985.

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Reach the writer at 402-473-2647 or molberding@journalstar.com.

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