Program A: Louisiana War Veterans Home

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Program A: Louisiana War Veterans Home

Program Authorization: R.S. 29:381 et seq.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The mission of the Louisiana War Veterans Home is to provide medical care, domiciliary and nursing home care to veterans.

The goal of the Louisiana War Veterans Home program is to provide the best available domiciliary and nursing home care to disabled and homeless Louisiana veterans in an effort of returning the veteran to the highest physical and mental capacity.

This program was instituted in recognition of the growing long-term health care needs of increasing numbers of Louisiana veterans who are disabled by age or disease or are otherwise incapable of caring for themselves.

The Louisiana War Veterans Home consists of two activities: Administrative and Patient Care.

OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Unless otherwise indicated, all objectives are to be accomplished during or by the end of FY 1999-2000. Performance indicators are made up of two parts: name and value. The indicator name describes what is being measured. The indicator value is the numeric value or level achieved within a given measurement period. For budgeting purposes, performance indicator values are shown for the prior fiscal year, the current fiscal year, and alternative funding scenarios (continuation budget level and Executive Budget recommendation level) for the ensuing fiscal year (the fiscal year of the budget document).

RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR THE PROGRAM

SOURCE OF FUNDING

This program is funded with State General Fund, Fees and Self-generated Revenues and Federal Funds. Fees and Self-generated Revenues are derived from the residents' ability to pay for part of their care and from employees and visitors purchasing meal tickets. Federal Funds are derived from the Veterans Administration for patient care days based on a reimbursement rate of $17.78 per day for domiciliary care and $40.00 per day for nursing care.

ANALYSIS OF RECOMMENDATION

GENERAL FUND	TOTAL	T.O.	DESCRIPTION

$1,246,467	$6,128,267	163	ACT 19 FISCAL YEAR 1998-1999

			BA-7 TRANSACTIONS:
$0	$0	0	None

$1,246,467	$6,128,267	163	EXISTING OPERATING BUDGET – November 20, 1998

$49,609	$78,745	0	Annualization of FY 1998-1999 Classified State Employees Merit Increase
$39,895	$63,326	0	Classified State Employees Merit Increases for FY 1999-2000
$35,950	$71,901	0	Risk Management Adjustment
$0	$101,604	0	Acquisitions and Major Repairs
($80,000)	($80,000)	0	Nonrecurring Acquisitions and Major Repairs
$84,187	$337,127	0	Salary Base Adjustment
($34,194)	($126,643)	0	Attrition Adjustment
($31,831)	($117,893)	0	Salary Funding from Other Line Items
$0	($6,434)	0	Civil Service Fees
$6,718	$10,664	0	Other Adjustments – For the salary upgrade of maintenance and trade employees

$1,316,801	$6,460,664	163	TOTAL RECOMMENDED

$70,334	$332,397	0	DIFFERENCE (TOTAL RECOMMENDED AND EXISTING OPERATING BUDGET)

The total means of financing for this program is recommended at 105.4% of the existing operating budget. It represents 91.3% of the total request ($6,863,770) for this program. The net increase over existing operating budget in this program is primarily due to the funding of merit increases.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

$51,426		Medical services for full-time coverage in the absence of a full-time staff physician
$66,600		Other Professional Services to include a part-time pharmacist, chaplain, barber, master social worker and physical therapist

$118,026		TOTAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

OTHER CHARGES

$344,925		Provider based fees to be paid to the Department of Health and Hospitals on the number of occupied beds

$344,925		TOTAL OTHER CHARGES

		Interagency Transfers:
$32,225		Villa Feliciana Geriatric Hospital for laboratory and x-ray procedures
$65,581		East Louisiana State Hospital for various services including medical laboratory, laundry, etc.
$19,166		Department of Civil Service and Comprehensive Public Training Program (CPTP) and Office of Uniform Payroll System

$116,972		TOTAL INTERAGENCY TRANSFERS

ACQUISITIONS AND MAJOR REPAIRS

$101,604		Repairs and replacement of outdated and deteriorated equipment

$101,604		TOTAL ACQUISITIONS AND MAJOR REPAIRS

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