Norm Mitry, the CEO/President of Heritage Valley Health System, was a guest on The Rick Dayton Show Tuesday afternoon. He and Rick talked about the number of times insurance companies deny coverage -- and how patients can and should appeal that decision. Mitry says some insurers have a target of denying 40% of all claims. The uncertainty of whether that bill is covered then trickles down to the providers who may or may not get paid 

Child care centers are not spreading COVID-19 at significant rates to caregivers or other children at the center. That is part of the findings of Dr. Timothy Shope, MD, MPH, a professor of pediatrics at the Pitt School of Medicine and a pediatrician at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. The findings from Dr. Shope's team of researchers were published today  in JAMA Network Open. Among other things, they found rates of transmission of COVID-19 are much higher at home (50% among  children) than they are at child care centers (at only 2% to 3%.) 

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently awarded Allegheny County $14.5 million for its fight against opioid addiction. Many wonder where that money will go, so Rick Dayton asked Brooke McKenzie, the Chief of Clinical Services at DreamLife Recovery in Donegal what it means for them. She says the money will make a huge difference in the fight against overdoses by providing holistic recovery and therapy practices.

Lewie Pugh is the Executive Vice President of the OOIDA, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Foundation.  In 25 years behind the wheel of big rigs, Pugh logged more than 2.5 million miles. Today, he was a guest on The Rick Dayton Show talking about how Pennsylvania mirrored California legislation relating to the environmental restrictions placed on truckers. Pugh says this puts countless limitations on truckers -- and many of the financial considerations could put them out of business, force them to leave Pennsylvania, or both.  

Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania wants to show the world that there are some amazing things being done by teens (and younger kids too.)  That's why they have backed a program called their 18 Under 18. It highlights 18 students under the age of 18 who are demonstrating remarkable leadership in their communities and schools and churches. Patrice Matamoros, the CEO of JA of Western PA , was a guest on The Rick Dayton Show talking about the nomination process.

Thousands of runners will be signing up to run races this fall. Matt Imhof is Director of Race Development for GCXC, a Pittsburgh company that runs and times many of those races around the region. He was a guest on The Rick Dayton Show Thursday talking about places and races that you can run this fall -- and even is offering a special discount to KDKA Radio listeners.

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Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald joins the show to talk about the new landside terminal at Pittsburgh International.