The Office of Revenue Collection has received confirmation that these accounts in the collection system are not recoverable due to one or more of the following reasons: the accounts are being discharged in Bankruptcy; debtors are deceased; the statute of limitations for pursuing recovery of the debt has expired; the cost of recovery is excessive; and/or the debtor no longer resides in the State.   
  
Based on the stated facts, the Health Services Department should write off these accounts as “Charity Care” pursuant to its Hospital Charity Care Policy.  
  
Approval of the recommended action will allow them to purge these files from their computer system thereby creating:  
1. An accurate inventory of recoverable accounts  
2. A more manageable case count for the collection staff  
3. Elimination of redundant research by the accounting staff  
4. A better work distribution to staff