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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1958
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524 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [July 16 Emergency cases, requiring iihihediate attention or admission t o the Hospitals, should be handled by telephone. T h e referring physician should call the service within the Hospitals which, in his opinion, is most appropriately involved. The service will be able to give an immediate answer as to whether facilities are available for the case in question and, if not, what alternative arrangements might be made. Policy Governing Hospital Charges Charges, which are related to costs, are assessed for rooms (including meals, general nursing care, and some commonly used medications) and ancillary services. The latter are applied both to hospital patients and patients in the clinics. In every instance the charges are made in accordance with the resources of the patient and his ability to pay. In evaluating the patient's ability to pay, benefits from hospital prepayment plans are regarded as assets and patients will be required to assign these benefits to the Hospitals. Three general categories of financial eligibility are recognized: i. Indigent (unable to pay for own care and no agency responsibility apparent). 2. P a r t pay (medically indigent). The amount of payment toward hospital care or outpatient services is adjusted in accordance with ability to pay. 3. Full pay. No distinction in the type of facilities or the character of the patient care will be made in relation to the financial coding of the patient. No charges are made for any medical services. Essential services, which are supported by revolving funds, such as the Blood Bank, will receive priority in crediting payments from patients. Payments made by individual patients in excess of the amount needed to cover services furnished through revolving accounts will be regarded as general University income. Schedule of Charges Allergy Clinic, per visit $ 1 00 Biopsy (tissue preparation) 5 00 Blood or plasma: 500 cc 25 00 R H negative blood 35 00 Administration charge 5 00 Electrocardiogram 5 00 Electrocardiogram, recheck 2 00 Electroencephalogram 15 00 Emergency Service, per visit 3 00 Hospital Dental Clinic charge: Full mouth X-ray 2 50 Single films 50 Additional films 25 Occlusal film I 00 Extractions I 00 Impactions 5 00 Full upper and lower dentures (minimum) 25 00 Oral Surgery, minor 5 00 Oral Surgery, major 10 00 Laboratory: Outpatients (included in clinic registration fee) Inpatients Up to seven days 7 5° Thereafter 3 00 each week Medical Records fee: Abstracts for insurance companies, attorneys, or photostatic copy of patient's record O 50 per page (minimum charge $5.00) Insurance forms (sick benefits) 2 00
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