European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 stars and stripes monday april 30 2007 name Dennis Depriest age 35 has completed 100 trial hons and three ironman events before turning his energies to coaching triathletes through his web site t3coachingcom Day Job Annor vet and Manheim High physical education teacher How did you go from a Field artillery Forward observer to Caber triathlon coach in military training i got compound fracture of the Tibia the Bone came through the skin in two places after my medical retirement i went Back to school and qualified As a be teacher in 20011 started a coaching business online and got some decent results i assisted Susan will iams the Bronze medallist in the triathlon at the 2004 olympics with her coding plan for Athens is there a Handson component to your Caber coaching Ive come to the conclusion that bricks and mortar have to be associated with any business Jenna Shoemaker and Matthew Seymour both training forthe 2007 world triathlon championships scheduled for september will live and train with me Here in Germany Between May and september is that kind of concentrated training necessary for a person to Complete a triathlon anyone who has sem Good cardiovascular fitness Doest have to spend too much time training in order to Complete a triathlon at the elite level though its a major commitment especially if you have a Job you have to find the time and places to train manage your nutrition its easier for the train 2030 hours per week but there near the training areas and dont have to go so far do you still train i still Bike and swim but the amount of running required hurts my leg too much is triathlon your favorite athletic activity Lacrosse is my passion it paid for my first two years of College i was Quick and left handed so i knew Lacrosse would be my ticket to College i played for a National championship in 1991 at Salisbury state University in whats the hardest part of a triathlon race in ironman sustaining training is the hardest part the race itself is like a Reward it just lasts 1012 hours compare that to the countless hours of training is the swim As much of a Rugby scrum As it looks to the spectators its pretty combative you have to commit to go pretty hard Over the first 100 to 200 meters lots of swimmers try triathlon but they dont like the crowds there used to having lanes and being separated from the other swimmers is it harder to run a second ironman than the first one yeah because you know whats coming the first ones like a Honey Moon will you enter the us forces Europe Tri Athlon in kaisers Autem in May its the same time As the european soc cer tournament Depriest helps coach the Mannheim boys if were out of the tournament ill enter but if were not playing on that saturday some thing went wrong put in your Story that i need a Job with ail the staff reductions in the schools wiil you return to Mannheim High school next year doctor in England blames Tricase for claims issues by Geoff Ziezulewicz stars and stripes Raf Mildenhall England sole pain management Doc Tor within the Tricase system in England temporarily stopped see ing american patients earlier this year due to More than in unpaid claims the payment Issue left six american patients without an insured treatment option and pre vented others from scheduling appointments with or Rajesh Manglani who sees americans in nearby Cambridge while claims have started to be reprocessed and paid in the past few weeks Manglani said he had outstanding invoices for More than 30 patients with some claims going Back to May 2006 he stopped seeing americans in february at their Peak the outstanding invoices totalled 15800 pounds More than weve had to discontinue treat ment Manglani said in March it goes totally against my own principles Manglani stressed that his prob Lem is with the Tricase system and its contracted Bill processor Wisconsin physicians services with his american patients or the air Force intermediaries at Raf Lakenheath who he said have been helpful citing medical privacy Laws base officials did not provide the names of affected patients if s not the patients fault said Manglani who has been a provider in the Tricase system for about eight years the affected patients were military dependents and retirees no american patients of my Glanis returned to the Laken Heath medical authorities for treatment after Manglani sus Pended services it col Rex Langston commander of the 48th medical support Squadron at Lakenheath said in an email or Manglani is now seeing All patients referred to him and As far As we know today the Billing is sues have been or will soon be re solved he wrote last week Manglani is the Only doctor to suspend treatment As a result of payment issues Langston said air Force officials Manglani and Tricase representatives in Europe agreed there was a prob Lem but they could not agree on Why the claims we rent paid on time Manglani and his staff said that was ignored their concerns air Force and Tricase officials said it was paperwork confusion and not indicative of a larger Issue was did not return re quests for comment Wendy Newell an office administrator for Manglani said in an Are you a Tricase provider or patient who has had trouble filing claims would you like to share your Story if so Contact Geoff Ziezulewicz at email that base officials offered a onetime credit card payment to Clear up the outstanding invoices but the doctor was unable to accept credit card payments at the time and a wire Transfer was apparently not an option Langston said such an offer was never made theres not been any offer of Lump sum pay ment to or Manglani he said while things have started improving Newell said in an email that the was system seems very complicated the Issue of from was is unacceptable and causes much frustration for us she wrote was appear unable to provide us with explanations As to Why payments Are not Forth coming even when reminder in voices have been sent some form of communication from them would be extremely helpful Manglani said his office nor Mally starts to Chase Delin quent Bills after about a month my secretaries didst mention the problem to me until most Bills Are six months late or usually much longer Manglani said in an email he said he realized eventually that the Only Way he could get anyone to listen was to Stop treatment claims confusion air Force officials said the prob Lem lies with Manglani and How his staff files medical claims the slightest clerical error can delay processing Langston said filing claims in Many respects is somewhat foreign he said there not used to doing it like we do in tie United states that can make it onerous on their part we cant file the claims for them Manglani said patients fill out the forms and that there Are Only problems with dependents or retirees not Active duty air men according to Newell Mun Glanis assistant claims Are sent within a week of the appointment in fiscal 2006 More than 270000 claims were filed on be half of Tricase Europe beneficiaries according to Tricase representatives of that total 16 per cent were denied for payment was had five different addresses for Manglani at one Point he said something that air Force officials at Lakenheath say has since been corrected providers denying Access to patients Means there is a repetitive claims problem said Navy capt Mark Copenhaver of Tricase Europe normally Lakenheath or any other military treatment facility is in continuous Contact with the provider he said normally the provider will go to the Tricase ser vice Center and say to having claims issues normally these will be taken care of this is not a Normal situation email Geoff Ziezulewicz at interview by by Rusty Bryan know someone whose accomplishments talents Job Hobby Volunteer work awards or Good deeds qualify them for 15 minutes of Fame How about someone whose claim to glory is a bit out of the 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