Community Benefit
The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee today hosted a hearing on tax-exempt hospitals.
Angela Shuman, a community health nurse with Penn State Health, plays a vital role in supporting residents of Reading, Pa., through monthly health check-ins at New Heightz Grocery Store. Her warm, personal approach — like hugging regulars and offering gentle reminders about medication — has built…
The CMS July 31 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2026.
Tax-exempt hospitals provided nearly $149 billion in total benefits to their communities in 2022 alone (the most recent year for which comprehensive data is available).
This benchmark report will enable a tax-exempt hospital or system to compare its community benefit reporting on Schedule H with selected benchmark groupings of other tax-exempt hospitals.
In a hands-on workshop at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, Tlingit seal hunter Tim Ackerman demonstrates the traditional method of butchering a harbor seal to a group of chefs, nutritionists and cultural practitioners.
New analysis released today by the American Hospital Association (AHA) shows that tax-exempt hospitals provided nearly $150 billion in total benefits to their communities in 2022 alone.
In Bethany, Okla., a new initiative is reshaping the future for disabled youth transitioning into adulthood.
Lightbeam Health Solutions and Saint Peter's University Hospital, a 478-bed acute-care teaching hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., have achieved a 7.1% reduction in emergency department visits among high-risk patients. The decrease was driven by Lightbeam’s AI-enabled program that predicts which…
Feeling exhausted and emotionally drained from a visit to the emergency room with a loved one at Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, Utah, Nancy Lawrence was surprised as she walked to the parking lot to see several people placing roses and handwritten notes on the cars.