Admissions to Teaching Service. LSU will provide attending and supervising physicians to patients admitted to services utilizing Residents and Fellows, subject to the capacity of the Resident teams. The LSUHSC-S Teaching Service, subject to its capacity requirements, agrees to meet its legal obligation to provide certain necessary patient care services to uninsured and underinsured patients. Capacity of an LSUHSC-S Teaching Service will be limited by the applicable ACGME standards for Resident-to-patient ratios for the particular LSUHSC-S Teaching Service. The number of Residents available to provide inpatient services through the LSUHSC-S Teaching Services at BRFHH will be determined by the MAA, provided that such number will not be lower than the number of Residents available to provide inpatient services at the Hospitals on the Effective Date unless otherwise agreed by LSU and BRFHH. In addition to considerations to ensure the LSUHSC-S Teaching Services not exceed the maximum regulatory standards for Resident-to-patient ratios, patient admissions to the LSUHSC-S Teaching Services must also reflect the need for adequate patient volumes to meet the minimum ACGME or regulatory standards for Resident-to-patient ratios. Therefore, a sufficient volume of admissions must be maintained to at least the levels adequate to support the current GME programs provided at the Hospitals prior to the Effective Date.
Admissions to Teaching Service. LSU will provide attending and supervising physicians to patients admitted to services utilizing Residents and Fellows, subject to the capacity of the Resident teams. The LSUHSC-S Teaching Service, subject to its capacity requirements, agrees to meet its legal obligation to provide certain necessary patient care services to uninsured and underinsured patients. Capacity of an LSUHSC-S Teaching Service will be limited by the applicable ACGME standards for Resident-to-patient ratios for the particular LSUHSC-S Teaching Service. The number of Residents available to provide inpatient services through the LSUHSC-S Teaching Services at BRFHH will be determined by the MAA, provided that such number will not be lower than the number of Residents available to provide inpatient services at the Hospitals on the Execution Date unless otherwise agreed by LSU and BRFHH In addition to considerations to ensure the LSUHSC-S Teaching Services not exceed the maximum regulatory standards for Resident-to-patient ratios, patient admissions to the LSUHSC-S Teaching Services must also reflect the need for adequate patient volumes to meet the minimum ACGME or regulatory standards for Resident-to-patient ratios. Therefore, a sufficient volume of admissions must be maintained to at least the levels adequate to support the current GME programs provided at the Hospitals prior to the Execution Date. • Physician Coverage. The Parties will use good faith efforts to develop mutually acceptable arrangements to provide for physician coverage for uninsured or underinsured patients who are not admitted to the LSU Teaching Service. Any such arrangements must comply with all applicable Legal Requirements and Health Care Laws, subject to available funding. BRFHH Uncompensated and Charity Care Obligations. Recognizing: (a) the State’s historical commitment to providing free or reduced cost health care to the uninsured and Medically Indigent populations, as defined by Louisiana law; and (b) LSU’s mission of providing access to high quality medical care for all patients, the Medically Indigent and uninsured populations, within available financing and approved budgets, and (c) the need to support the AMC’s education and training mission, BRFHH agrees, subject to its receipt of the Required Funding as provided in Article III, to provide free or reduced cost health care to Medically Indigent and uninsured patients of the Hospital in accordance with a charity care policy that is consistent in all materi...
