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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND CLINICS

Dr. Gindorf called this meeting to order and asked Vice Chancellor R. K. Dieter Haussmann to present materials and information related to the agenda for the committee. Dr. Haussmann first presented the performance report for the second quarter of the fiscal year for the hospital and clinics. This included census data, operations improvement information, and the income statement. Patient occupancy was reported to be 74 percent. Dr. Haussmann noted that clinic visits are up. He also noted that emergency room visits are up and many of these patients are Medicaid patients. It was reported that one-quarter of hospital admissions come through the emergency room. Second, Dr. Haussmann told the board that the UIC hospital and clinics do not have ongoing relationships with patients outside the hospital. He introduced a plan to use the Mile Square Health Center as a model in pursuing community groups to work with patients to encourage use of the UIC clinics on a regular basis. Third, Dr. Haussmann briefly reviewed the Medical Service Plan, stating that it is performing quite well. Fourth, Dr. Haussmann reviewed the status of Mile Square Health Center, noting that there are 10.5 FTE physicians working at Mile Square and that there is a plan to add as few as three and as many as five new physicians to the staff there. He responded to one question about the availability of family practice physicians by stating that the market was very competitive for physicians with this specialty. (Materials related to all the above issues are on file with the secretary.) Next, Dr. Haussmann described plans to develop more fully the relationship with Advocate Care, formerly EHS. He stressed that it is necessary for the UIC hospital to have a partner in the private health care setting so that health sciences students can have access to patients in this sector as a part of their education at UIC. He described the extant affiliations with Advocate and indicated that the hospital would not be a dues-payer in the relationship with Advocate as a contracting arrangement. He stressed that UIC hospital needs market access in areas that are controlled by Advocate. He explained that affiliations exist with some hospitals that are a part of Advocate now, e.g., Christ Hospital, for access to their specialties in oncology and heart disease. Dr. Haussmann then turned to a discussion of a managed care plan for Medicaid patients. He indicated that a new HMO for the UIC hospital especially designed for Medicaid patients is proposed. He reported that in such a new plan 50,000 Medicaid enrollees would be needed. He proposed using the University of Illinois HMO Plan Trust as the vehicle for the new Medicaid HMO. In closing, Dr. Haussmann drew the trustees' attention to two items