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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 11

(The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Filip, Mr. Starkeson; no, none.) Contract for Lithotripsy Services, Chicago

(26) The chancellor at the Chicago campus has recommended approval of a contract with Northwestern Memorial Hospital to provide lithotripsy1 services to University of Illinois Hospital patients in return for appropriate reimbursement from the hospital. The professional component of lithotripsy services provided by Northwestern will be billed to the patient or financial sponsor by the Kidney Stone Center, in which University of Illinois physicians participate. University of Illinois Hospital patients will be treated at Northwestern and then transferred back to the hospital. For its services, Northwestern will bill the hospital at negotiated rates on a monthly basis. The hospital, in turn, will bill the patients and appropriate third-party payors. Anticipated volume, charges, and collections are displayed on the attached table. (A copy of the table is filed with the secretary of the board for record.) The contract will be renewable on an annual basis as long as charges to the hospital do not exceed a ten percent increase in any given year. 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 a p p r o v e d b y t h e following v o t e : A y e , M r s . D a y , 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 , M r . M a d d e n , M r s . Shepherd, Miss S m i t h ; 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 : A y e , M r . Filip, M r . Starkeson; n o , none.)

Contracts for Remodeling, Student Residence Hall; and Site Correction Work, Chicago lllini Union, Chicago

(27) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends the award of the following contracts at the Chicago campus: (1) to remodel the second floor lounge and north wing of the Student Residence Hall for two meeting rooms; and (2) for site correction work at the Chicago lllini Union. The award in each case is to the low base bidder, plus acceptance of the indicated alternates.' Division I — General Flodstrom Construction Co., Inc., Deerfield

Base bid . . . $130 539 Alt. G-2 . . . 37 199 $167 738

Division IV — Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Temperature Control Hanley Mechanical, Inc., Chicago Division V — Electrical Berwyn Electric Co., Chicago

Base Bid . . . Base Bid . . . Alt. E-l . . . 44 400 8 900

41 000

53 Total $262 The meeting rooms in the residence hall will be separated by a folding to allow the space to be used as one large meeting room, with a capacity of

1 1

300 038 wall 110.

Lithotripsy ii a process using sound waves to break up kidney stones. Alternates G-2 and E-l apply to site correction work for the Union.