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UNCOLLECTIBLE HOSPITAL ACCOUNTS

The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED that the Hospital Accounts Committee be and is hereby authorized to charge off
as uncollectible, hospital accounts schedules 91-A, 91-C, 93, and 94, aggregating $17,480.92, recommended
by them for cancellation

Mr. Gay raised the question of whether or not the minutes indicated what policy was being
followed by the Hospital Accounts Committee in recommending uncollectible accounts for action by
the Board of Visitors. The Secretary pointed out that the policy followed was that recommended by
the Auditor of Public Accounts and the procedures were based upon a similar arrangement in operation
at the Medical College of Virginia. These accounts fall into two major categories. (1) Uncollectible
accounts which have been processed with no results for a period of not less than six
months by the Credit Manager of the University Hospital, then turned over to a collecting agent.
If the agent is unable to collect these accounts, the Hospital Credit Manager advises the Hospital
Accounts Committee so that they may be recommended to the Board of Visitors for cancellation.
(2) Accounts for services to indigents, the recipients of which are certified to the Hospital by
the welfare agencies