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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1992
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558 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [June 10 on the type of coding services provided (inpatient, outpatient surgeries, emergency room, etc.). Funds are available In the Hospital Income Fund. The vice president for business and finance concurs. I recommend approval. On motion of Dr. Bacon, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Dr. Gindorf, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Lopez, Ms. Reese; no, none; absent, Governor Edgar. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Ms. Huff; absent, Mr. Riley.) Contract Renewal for Organ Transplantation Processing, University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics, Chicago (13) The chancellor at Chicago recommends renewal of the Organ Transplantation Processing Agreement with the Regional Organ Bank of Illinois (ROBI) from July 1, 1994, through June 30, 1995, for the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics (UIH&C). ROBI has been designated by the U.S. Healthcare Financing Administration as the regional independent organ procurement agency for this region. The purpose of ROBI is to provide a single, coordinated organ and tissue recovery program that complies with State and Federal statutes and regulations. ROBI will supply organs, tissues, and histocompatibility testing. The costs of these services for Fiscal Year 1995 are estimated at $2,355,200. This includes procurement and tissue-typing for 75 kidney transplants, 12 liver transplants, 12 pancreas transplants, 20 heart transplants, and 20 lung transplants. It is expected that organ procurement costs will be reimbursed by third-party payors. Medicare covers approximately 60 percent of kidney transplants and pays the UIH&C as a direct pass-through for all costs related to kidney procurement for Medicare patients. Revenues from transplant services are deposited in and payments are to be made from the Hospital Income Fund. The vice president for business and finance concurs. I recommend approval. On motion of Dr. Bacon, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Dr. Gindorf, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Lopez, Ms. Reese; no, none; absent, Governor Edgar. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Ms. Huff; absent, Mr. Riley.) Contract Renewal for Lithotripsy Services, University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics, Chicago (14) The chancellor at Chicago recommends renewal of a contract with Galen Hospital/Illinois, Inc., Chicago, conducting business as Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center (MRHMC), to provide lithotripsy services to the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics (UIH&C). UIH&C patients will receive lithotripsy services at MRHMC and then will be transferred back to UIH&C. For its services MRHMC will bill UIH&C monthly at negotiated rates. UIH&C, in turn, will bill the patient and/or third-party payors. The professional/physician component for lithotripsy services will be billed to the patient or financial sponsor by the University's Medical Service Plan. The contract will begin on July 1, 1994, and continue through June 30, 1995. It is recommended that the comptroller be authorized to renew the contract for one additional year. Based on the volume of patients treated in the past, the payments to MRHMC are expected to not exceed $150,000 for the contract period with
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