Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1990 [PAGE 590]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 11

The vice president for business and finance concurs in the recommendations. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n o f Mrs. G r a v e n h o r s t , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d by t h e f o l l o w i n g v o t e : A y e , Dr. B a c o n , Mrs. Calder, Mr. D o w n e y , Mr. G r a b o w s k i , Mrs. G r a v e n h o r s t , Mr. L a m o n t , Ms. R e e s e , Mrs. S h e p h e r d ; n o , n o n e ; a b s e n t , Mr. B o y l e , G o v e r n o r Edgar. ( T h e s t u d e n t advisory v o t e was: A y e , Ms. C a p o r u s s o , Mr. Mitchell; no, none.)

Contract for Lithotripsy Services, University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago

(24) The chancellor at Chicago recommends renewal of a contract with Humana Hospital/Michael Reese (formerly Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center) to provide lithotripsy services to University of Illinois Hospital (UIH) patients in return for appropriate reimbursement from UIH. The professional component of lithotripsy services will be billed to the patient or financial sponsor by the University's Medical Service Plan. UIH patients will be treated at Humana Hospital/Michael Reese and then transferred back to UIH. For its services Humana Hospital/Michael Reese will bill UIH at negotiated rates on a monthly basis. UIH, in turn, will bill the patients and appropriate third party payors. The contract will begin on July 1, 1992, and continue through June 30, 1993. Based on the volume of patients treated in the past, the payments to Humana Hospital/Michael Reese are not expected to exceed $120,000 over the contract period. The vice president for business and finance recommends approval. I concur. O n m o t i o n o f Mrs. G r a v e n h o r s t , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n was a p p r o v e d by t h e f o l l o w i n g v o t e : A y e , Dr. B a c o n , Mrs. Calder, Mr. D o w n e y , Mr. G r a b o w s k i , Mrs. G r a v e n h o r s t , Mr. L a m o n t , Ms. R e e s e , Mrs. S h e p h e r d ; n o , n o n e ; a b s e n t , Mr. B o y l e , G o v e r n o r Edgar. ( T h e s t u d e n t advisory v o t e was: A y e , Ms. C a p o r u s s o , Mr. Mitchell; no, none.)

Contract for Organ Transplantation Processing, University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago

(25) The chancellor at Chicago recommends renewal of the organ transplantation processing agreement with the Regional Organ Bank of Illinois (ROBI) from July 1, 1992, through June 30,1993. ROBI has been designated by U.S. Healthcare Financing Administration as the regional independent organ procurement agency for this area. The purpose of ROBI is to provide a single, coordinated organ and tissue recovery program in compliance with State and Federal statutes and regulations. ROBI will supply organs, tissues, and histocompatibility testing for its accredited transplant programs. The costs of these services for Fiscal Year 1993 are estimated at $1.4 million. This includes procurement and tissue-typing for 12 liver transplants at $169,600; and procurement and tissue-typing for 12 pancreas transplants at $169,600. It is expected that organ procurement costs will be reimbursed by third-party payors. Medicare, which covers approximately 80 percent of kidney transplant patients, pays the hospital as a direct pass-through for all costs related to kidney procurement. Medicaid payment is limited to a per diem payment which is marginally higher for transplant days.