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Community Benefit Update 2023

Summer 2024
We are pleased to bring you the latest community benefit news and resources. Explore all of CHA's updates and resources on Community Benefit on our website.

Featured News, Events and CHA Resources

Latest Congressional Call to Strengthen Tax-exempt Hospital Regulations and Enforcement Coincides with Increased Examinations of Tax-exempt Hospitals 

EY Tax News Update, May 2024 

 

CHA Statement on Recent Lown Institute Report

March, 2024

Roadmap for Responsible Medical Donations
New CHA Resource

 

Community Benefit 101
Oct. 15, 16, 17, 2024 

What Counts Hotline Featured Question
Subsidized Health Services 

Question: Our critical access hospital provides needed care to our rural area. Can we report the entire hospital as subsidized health services?  

Recommendation: We understand the desire to accurately and comprehensively report our community benefit activities and programs. And yes, critical access hospitals are a vital asset to their communities. However, we do not recommend reporting an entire hospital as subsidized health services.   

We do recommend following the IRS 990 Schedule H instructions, to calculate and report as subsidized health services the "…clinical services provided despite a financial loss to the organization." … "Subsidized health services can include qualifying inpatient programs … and outpatient programs ... Subsidized health services generally exclude ancillary services that support inpatient and ambulatory programs such as anesthesiology, radiology, and laboratory departments."

Resources:

    • What Counts Q&A: Subsidized Health Services 
    • Community Benefit Reporting: Subsidized Health Services  
    • Community Benefit Accounting Resources

    See What Counts Q&A Library for more information on this and other topics.

     

    Note: The information provided above does not constitute legal or tax advice. The information is provided for informational/educational purposes only and cannot be relied upon. Please consult with counsel regarding your organization's particular circumstances. 

    Community Benefit in Action
    Examples from the Field

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    CommonSpirit Hospitals Send Cafeterias' Surplus to Community 

    Intermountain Health's First 1,000 Days Helps Families, Babies Navigate First Years 

    Hiring Untapped Talent: 'Anchor' Organizations Share Ways to Diversify, Localize Workforce 

     

    For more articles featuring community benefit news and programs from across the ministry, Catholic Health World and Health Progress 

    What We're Reading

    How Pushing Hospitals to Give Away More Free Care Could Backfire
    Tradeoffs, February 2024


    Community Health Needs Assessments: What You Should Know
    Lown Institute, April 2024 


    The Value of Revisiting Policies and Processes for Financial Assistance
    HFMA, April 2024 

     

    National Strategy to Improve Maternal Mental Health Care
    Task Force on Maternal Health, a subcommittee of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Advisory  

     

    AHA's Community Health Assessment Toolkit releases three new supplements: caregivers, people with disabilities, and refugees, immigrants, and migrants

     

    National Strategy for Suicide Prevention and Federal Action Plan
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, April 2024 

     

    Community Safety as a Social Determinant of Health
    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, May 2024 

     

    Activating Place-based Partnerships for Equitable Economic Development: A Playbook for Anchor Collaboratives
    Healthcare Anchor Network, May 2024 

    Community Benefit 101
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