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REPORT ON UNCOLLECTIBLE HOSPITAL ACCOUNTS

Mr. John Stacey, Director of the University Hospital, and Mr. Vincent Shea, Comptroller,
appeared before the Board and reported on the status of the uncollectible accounts at the University
Hospital and the measures that have been and are being taken to assure maximum collection. It was

pointed out that the University Hospital serves every city and county in the State and that
many of the patients, while medically indigent, are not on the public welfare rolls and therefore
do not have outside funds available for payment. Also, those persons available for
assistance under the State-Local Hospitalization Program receive services for which, in many
cases, compensation is not obtained because of the unwillingness of the counties and cities,
or at least many of them, to match State funds. This arises out of the reluctance of a number
of cities and counties to assume the full burden of the localities part of the State-Local
Hospitalization Program. The discussion concluded with the note that the University as a major
medical center needs teaching material which the indigent cases provide