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4 ITEMS OF MEDICAL CARE OLD $18 PLAN NEW $25 PLAN BED PATIENT IN HOSPITAL Hospital Charges £or_ Daily Room and Board Usual Services and Supplies Radiation, Intensive or Cardiac Care, Inserted Appliances, Transplant Donor Services Routine Nursery Doctor's Charges For: Routine Bedside Care Consultation Intensive Care Prolonged Care Surgical Care Anesthesia Care $18 Paid in Rill No Benefits No Benefits $10 - first day $4 - 2nd,'3rd, & 4th days $3 - thereafter No Benefits No Benefits No Benefits $270 maximum Schedule $25 Paid in Full Paid in Full Paid in Full $9 - first day $6 - 2nd day $3 - thereafter $21 maximum $18 - first day $12 - 2nd day $6 - 3rd through 14th day $18 per hour $600 maximum Schedule OUTPATIENT CARE Accident — Hospital — Doctors Medical Emergency Surgery — Hospital — Surgeon X-Ray, Lab Charges Radiation Pathology Paid 72 hours No Benefits No Benefits Operating Room Only $270 schedule No Benefits No Benefits No Benefits Paid 30 days Paid 30 days Paid 72 hours Paid in Full $600 schedule Paid 80 % Paid in Full Paid in Full IN HOSPITAL OR AFTER Licensed Nurses No Benefits Paid 80%, 720 hours Orthopaedic Appliances- No Benefits Paid 80% AFTER HOSPITAL STAY Prescription Drugs Doctor's Visits Extended Care Facility No Benefits No Benefits No Benefits Paid 80% Paid 80% (non-surgical) Paid 80%, 30 days ILLNESS WITHOUT HOSPITALIZATION REQUIRED Physical Therapy No Benefits Paid 80% Shock Therapy No Benefits Paid 80% SURGICAL CASES Surgeon's Charges Which Exceed Blue ^ Shield Allowances Under Basic Schedule No Benefits 80% of excess above $300 or basic MEDICAL CASES Doctor's Charges Within 90 Day Period Which Exceed Blue Shield Allowances Under Basic Schedule No Benefits 80% of excess above $250 or basic Room Payments, More Coverage Given Employes The chart at left illustrates the addi tional hospitalization insurance coverage available with Duke's $25 plan. The new $20 plan includes all benefits above the dotted line except that it pays only $20 per day for hospital room and board. The semi-private plan that will be offered the first week in October will provide all the benefits listed on the chart in addition to up to $65 per day room and board. 2 New Holidays Added This Year Hospital employes will have more time to stuff stockings and recouperate from their Christmas feasts with the addition of two more paid holidays this December. Wednesday December 24 and Friday December 26, coupled with the usual Christmas Day vacation, will provide a three-day break for most hospital person nel. The addition of the day before Christ mas holiday brings the number of paid holidays to 8 for this year. The others in clude New Year's Day, Easter Monday, July 4, Labor Day and Thanksgiving Day. Funeral Leave Policy Gives Up to 5 Days The University Personnel Office has announced that all Duke employes will now have the benefit of special funeral leave. The new policy states that with proper verification, employes may be paid for up to five days off between the date of death and the date of the funeral for a parent, spouse, or child. The maximum time is three days in the event of the death of an In-law, aunt or uncle. In the past, time off because of family deaths was charged to sick leave, while in the new policy, funeral leave is separate.
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