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Conditions for Billing |
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Resident and Fellow rotations are paid by the institution where the resident is assigned. Billing will be for actual stipends, a benefit schedule to be set each UIC fiscal year, and a proportionate share of the GME Office direct expense. |
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The exception for 1.A is that in instances where a nonaffiliated hospital provides training that is not available within the UIC affiliated institutions system, then the program director may request the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education for permission to send residents to the nonaffiliated hospital. |
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All rotations will be formalized through contract or letter of agreement. |
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| 24.2 |
Responsibility for Billing |
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The Office of Graduate Medical Education will complete all billing for resident rotations to other institutions. Clinical Departments may not, under any circumstances, bill for resident rotations. |
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The Office of Graduate Medical Education will calculate and apply billing rates based on guidelines provided by the Dean's Operating Committee and the actual affiliation agreement. |
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When residents are assigned to affiliated hospitals in excess of agreed to numbers, the ultimate responsibility for the stipends and benefits of these residents will be the COM department supporting the program. Affiliated hospitals in this definition includes the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics. |
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| 24.3 |
Verification of Assignments |
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Program Directors will provide rotation schedules to the GME Office upon request. The GME Office may specify format and medium for the schedules to ensure that information is adequate for billing and Medicare reimbursement purposes. |