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BLUE CROSS CONTRACT

Mrs. Smith stated that the Virginia Hospital Service Association (Blue Cross) has filed a
petition with the State Corporation Commission requesting an increase in rates. The member hospitals

have not been consulted concerning these increases in rates and it was her feeling that the proposed
rates will in all probability not be adequate to meet the actual costs of the hospitals.
She requested that some action be taken by the University in this matter. Mr. Gay stated that he
believed a strong case could be presented to the State Corporation Commission if the Virginia Hospital
Association would represent its members before the Commission.

It was the sense of the Board that the President be requested to write the Blue Cross
Association and ask for information concerning the petition which has been filed with the State
Corporation Commissioner, and if possible to determine how the new rates would affect the member
hospitals.