New Britain herald., 1928-05-02
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION IN CONVENTION HERE
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some method Of standardizing

some method Of standardizing methods of charging.
 Dr. H. w. Hersey of the Fridge port hospital opened a discussion on the method Of collecting bills. The discussion developed into one of collecting in liability cases. He said insurance companies hold that the patient has been injured by his own carelessness if struck by an automo- bile while drunk. The discussion was continued until after lunch.
 The report Of the committee to recommend a uniform system Of accounts so a. to enable the state board of finance and control to ap- portion state aid 10 hospitals in a more satisfactory manner was con tinued until after lunch. Following the luncheon at o'clock there was d paper by Dr. Reeks on the trend of hospital control.
 A committee of three appointed last fall by Dr. Leak, consisting of Joseph J. Weber. superintendent of Grace hospital. New Haven: F. F.. Sands, a member of the board Of directors Of the Meriden hospital, and F. W. Bogardus. a member of ford hospital. filed its report on state appropriations for hospitals. In part the report was as follows:
 That the Connecticut Hospital association recommend to the state legislature that, instead of making individual appropriations to the var ious general hospitals entitled to state aid, it make & lump sum ap- propriation to buy service from pro- perly equipped hospitals for the care of the sick at sum not to exceed the cost of rendering service on the wards of the hospitals, said appro- priation to be disbursed in equal quarterly lnstalments by the state comptroller upon the reQuisition Of the state board of finance and con- trol.
 That each quarter the state board of finance and control requisition upon the state comptroller from the state appropriation whatever propor- ton each state-aid hospital is en- titled to based on the total cost of the free service rendered. said cost to include; (a) Cost to the hospital of providing certain ward patients with out and out free service and (b) the difference between what II actually costs the hospital to render service to part pay ward patients and what these selfsame patients pay the hospital.
 That in arriving at the amount to be appcrtioned quarterly to each hospital the state shall have the right to take into consideration whatever income each state-aided hospital received from funds speci- fically given to the hospital for the care and treatment of indigent ward patients. such as income from free bed funds, and deduct this income from the total cost of the free serv- ice rendered during the quarter be- fore calculating the proportionatc amount to which each hospital is entitled.
 That in order to have accurate. comparable figures. the state require each state aided hospital to install, with the assistance of the state field auditor if necessary the uniform sys- tenn of accounting recommended by the American Hospital Association. q system of accounting which Is sufficiently elastic 10 meet the needs of hospitals of varying size.
 That the state require each state aided hospital to submit to the board of finance and control quar- terly statements showing in detail the amount of free service it render ed during the previous quarter.
 That the state make provision for field auditor or auditors. who. work ing under the Jurisdiction of the state board of finance and control. will assist the various hospitals in the installation of a uniform sys- tenn of accounting and will audit the books of the various state-aided hos pitals quarterly, especially with ref erence to the cost of the free service rendered. which audit will serve as the basis on which the various quar- terly allotments will be made. That the state require each state aided hospital to maintain a credit department to determine in a sym- pathetic. but nevertheless business like. manner the patients ability or inability to pay all or any part of the cost of his care. the work of such . department in the smaller hospitals to be carried on by the superintendent or some member oi the office staff. as the hospital ma, elect.
 That. whereas the latest figure, submitted by the present etate-aided