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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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The money that was spent in previous years to provide these services for the University of Illinois Hospital will now be paid to ROBI under terms of the contract. The current hospital budget includes an allocation of $756,000 to cover this expense in Fiscal Year 1988. The vice president for business and finance concurs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of Miss Smith, this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s approved by t h e following v o t e : Aye, Mrs. Calder, M r . Forsyth, M r s . Gravenhorst, M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . L o g a n , Mrs. Shepherd, Miss Smith, M r . Wolff; n o , n o n e ; absent, Governor T h o m p s o n . ( T h e student advisory v o t e w a s : Aye, M r . Evenson, M r . W y l i e ; n o , none.)

Contract for Advertising Services, Chicago

(18) For the past ten years, the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics has contracted with public relations or advertising firms to assist in the recruitment of nurses. The program has enabled the hospital to be effective in recruitment in a highly competitive market. Since 1984, Nationwide Advertising Service, Inc., has provided a creative program to meet this need. A six-month contract was entered into with Nationwide this year, with the understanding that their services would be assessed and a second contract issued if needed. In fact, Nationwide has been effective and there continues to be a need for their services. Accordingly, the chancellor at Chicago has recommended that a second sixmonth contract be made with Nationwide, continuing the services through the end of Fiscal Year 1988. The combined amount of the contracts (July 1, 1987, through December 31, 1987; and January 1, 1988, through June 30, 1988) will not exceed $100,000, which is $32,000 less than the contract for the previous fiscal year.1 Most of the costs will consist of reimbursement for advertisements placed. The current hospital budget includes an allocation to cover this expense in FY 1988. The vice president for business and finance has recommended approval. I concur. O n m o t i o n of Miss Smith, this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d by t h e following v o t e : Aye, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . L o g a n , M r s . Shepherd, Miss S m i t h ; n o , M r . Wolff; absent, Governor T h o m p s o n . ( T h e student advisory v o t e w a s : Aye, M r . Evenson, M r . W y l i e ; n o , none.)

Contracts with Collection Agencies, University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago

(19) The chancellor at Chicago has recommended the approval of contracts with three collection agencies to collect unpaid patient accounts which the hospital has been unable to settle through its regular collection efforts. The use of collection agencies has become a standard procedure required by the State Collection Act before an account can be written off as uncollectible. In the past, the hospital has followed the industry practice by which the agency collects all funds and remits to the hospital the amount collected, minus the agency's fee. However, in 1984, the Legislative Audit Commission recom1 The amounts are: for July 1 through December 31, 1987: $49,900; for January 1 through June 30, 1988: $50,000 (estimated).