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HOSPITAL ACCOUNTS

The Board approved a change in the wording of the procedure to be followed in charging off
uncollectible Hospital accounts, which procedure was approved by the Board on September 10, 1948.
The revised procedure is as follows:

PROCEDURE FOR CANCELING
UNCOLLECTIBLE HOSPITAL ACCOUNTS

The Accounts Committee, composed of the Bursar of the University, the Medical Director of
the Hospital, and the Comptroller of the Hospital, will review all accounts and take the following
action:

• a. Charge off delayed charges and small balances up to $10.00.

• b. Charge off service allowances to hospital employees up to $10.00.

• c. Recommend delinquent accounts to local Credit and Collections Bureau.

• d. Charge off free service to indigents up to $10.00.

• e. Refer to the Board of Visitors any amount over and above $10.00 recommended for cancellation,
  whether free service to indigents, or delinquent patients' accounts, with a
  brief history of each case.

In accordance with the foregoing procedure, the Board approved the charging off of accounts
listed on schedules 4 through 7 presented by the Hospital Accounts Committee.

The Board approved the continuation of the present policy, in effect for many years, of
handling charges against the house staff and hospital employees, pending the completion of a survey
of practices in other hospitals.