Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28
Group Health Reports
Records for Medical
Care and Membership
Annual Meeting Told
significance of Legal
Victory Over ANA

The Group Health Association has
reached new high in the number
of members and their families re-
ceivlng medical care and hospital.
cation under prepayment plan
1t was announced last night at the
annual meeting at the YWCA.
Miss Edith lockwood. president
of CHA, declared that despite the
manpower and other difficulties
brought about by the war. the wear
1912 was one Of marked progress for
CHA and one OF increased service
TO the community"
The recent Supreme Court de-
clslon which upheld the conviction
OF the American Medical Associa-
ton and the District Medical So
cletv for alleged restraint of trade
against CHA in violation OF the
Sherman Antitrust Act was ex-
planned to the meeting by Dennis
ORourke, general counsel of CHA
Referring to the decision, Miss
lockwood said it would be well
coined by similar organizations
throughout the country which are
members OF the Group Health Fed
Grafton. Her remarks were greeted
with applause.
New Membership High.
Walter R Volckhausen. secretary
treasurer of the CHA, reported that
the membership had reached the
new high of BIAS persons including
members and their dependents, eli
gible for service. Net earnings"
for the year, after paying all ex-
penSeS. he said. amounted to sl4.-
054. The association now has ap-
proximately $4,000 invested in
United States bonds as a building
and equipment reserve. Miss Rock
wood reported looking forward to
the time when the association can
own its own clinic. At the present
1t leases two clinic quarters at 1926
1928 I street NV, and 1922 K street
NV. She also announced that the
associations bylaws recently had
been amended. increasing the
amount of disqualification to which
members and dependents are en-
titled to 40 days year.
In connection with the finances
of the association, Miss lockwood
today was asked concerning. $4,000
which the Home Owners Loan
Corp. advanced to CHA when it
was set up six years ago. Critics of
OLA had commended this was a loan
which should have been repaid.
The fund, Miss lockwood ex-
planned, was q grant" made with
the understanding that CHA was
to make medical care and hospitali-
cation available to Hole employees
for two years These conditions
were fulfilled, Miss lockwood said.
The Hole. she explained, under
took to foster the organization of
CHA to provide means of cutting
down absenteeism due to illness.
The money advanced was a grant.
CHA officials said, and had not
been refunded.
License Transfer Difficulty.
DR.. M. V. Scandiffio, medical di-
rector of CHA, told the annual
meeting that the amount of medical
service rendered last year repre-
sented an increase over the previous
year proportionate to the increased
membership. He said CHA obstetri-
clans delivered 38 per cent more
babies during the last six months
of 1912 than in the corresponding
period in 1941.
DR.. Scandifio reported that dur
Ing 1912, the four staff physicians
who had taken leave of absence to
enter military service were DR..
Charles P. Campbell, DR.. Dorm S.
Hover, DR.. Robert D. Ralph and DR..
Arthur Rosenbaum.
DR.. Scandifio commented on OBJ
stacles he said the present District
licensing laws imposed in the way
Of physicians trying to transfer
their licenses from States to this
city. He said enactment of a tenn
porary permit bill now pending in
Congress would materially remedy
the situation, which now offered
dangers, he said, to the mainte-
nance of adequate medical care for
residents of the District.
Principal address of the evening
was delivered by G. st. J. Perrott
Of the Public Health Service. He
outlined in some detail the plan
which the Public Health Service has
drawn up at the request of the
Council OF Personnel Administration
to establish health services for Fed
eral employees.