/ en Wed, 30 Apr 2025 02:34:15 -0500 Fri, 11 Apr 25 11:12:04 -0500 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:12:04 -0500 Statistics /infographics/2021-01-15-fast-facts-us-health-systems-infographic <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"><p>AHA has defined two types of health care systems, and both involve an ownership, lease, sponsorship or contract-management relationship with a central organization. A multihospital system involves two or more hospitals, while a single diversified hospital system involves one hospital and three or more pre- or post-acute health care organizations.</p><hr><a href="/system/files/media/file/2024/02/Fast-Facts-US-Health-Systems-Infographic-2024.pdf" title="Click here to download the Fast Facts: U.S. Hospital Systems 2024 Infographic PDF." target="_blank"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-02/Fast-Facts-US-Health-Systems-2024-Infographic.jpg" alt="Fast Facts: U.S. Health Systems 2024. What is a health care system? AHA has defined two types of health care systems, and both involve an ownership, lease, sponsorship or contract-management relationship with a central organization. A multihospital system involves two or more hospitals, while a single diversified hospital system involves one hospital and three or more pre- or post-acute health care organizations. Total U.S. Health Systems = 407. 67% of U.S. Hospitals are system-affiliated." width="100%"></a></div><div class="col-md-4"><p><a href="https://www.ahadata.com/" target="_blank" data-widget="image"><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/aha-data-and-insights-ad.jpg" data-entity-uuid="" data-entity-type="" alt="Learn more about our full suite of data tools. View all AHA Data & Insight Solutions."></a></p></div></div></div> Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:45:00 -0600 Statistics /news/headline/2024-01-31-agencies-seek-address-syphilis-epidemic <p>U.S. syphilis cases surged 80% between 2018 and 2022, with congenital syphilis cases nearly tripling to 3,755, over 10 times the number in 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/std/statistics/2022/default.htm" target="_blank">reported</a> Jan 30. The Department of Health and Human Services recently established a <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/11/15/readout-adm-rachel-levines-visit-georgia-learn-impacts-congenital-syphilis-syphilis.html" target="_blank">federal task force</a> to address the issue and plans to host a roundtable for health care providers in February.</p><p>“In the United States, syphilis was close to elimination in the 1990s, so we know it’s possible to reverse this epidemic,” <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/01/30/hhs-announces-department-actions-slow-surging-syphilis-epidemic.html" target="_blank">said</a> Jonathan Mermin, M.D., director of CDC’s National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. “I have hope for innovative prevention tools — such as a pill after sex that prevents STIs, and better tests for syphilis — but they will only be successful if they reach the people who will benefit. And that is going to require coordinated and sustained efforts at the federal, state, and local levels.”</p><p>Untreated syphilis can seriously damage the heart and brain and cause blindness, deafness and paralysis. When transmitted during pregnancy, syphilis can cause miscarriage, lifelong medical issues and infant death.</p> Wed, 31 Jan 2024 14:54:32 -0600 Statistics /infographics/2024-01-18-aha-data-visualizations <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-3"><p><a href="/infographics/2024-01-18-fast-facts-us-hospitals-infographics" title="Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals 2025 Infographics."><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Infographic%20image%20Fast%20Facts%20Hospitals%202025.jpg" data-entity-uuid="d9a4ed34-2d0d-4cb6-92fd-f307e5d5354d" data-entity-type="file" alt="Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals, 2025, Most Hospitals Are Community Hospitals infographic. Number of Hospitals by Type (Total 6.093) FY 2023. Community Hospitals: 84% (5,112). Non-federal Psychiatric Hospitals: 11% (654). Federal Government Hospitals: 3% (207). Other: 2% (120). Source: ���������� Association. Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals, 2025. /statistics/fast-facts-us-hospitals. © 2025 by the ���������� Association. All rights reserved." width="957" height="718"></a></p><h3><a href="/infographics/2024-01-18-fast-facts-us-hospitals-infographics" title="Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals 2025 Infographics.">Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals Infographics</a></h3></div><div class="col-md-3"><p><a href="/infographics/2021-01-15-fast-facts-us-health-systems-infographic" title="Fast Facts: U.S. Health Systems 2024."><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-02/Fast-Facts-US-Health-Systems-2024-Infographic.jpg" alt="Fast Facts: U.S. Health Systems 2024. What is a health care system? AHA has defined two types of health care systems, and both involve an ownership, lease, sponsorship or contract-management relationship with a central organization. A multihospital system involves two or more hospitals, while a single diversified hospital system involves one hospital and three or more pre- or post-acute health care organizations. Total U.S. Health Systems = 407. 67% of U.S. Hospitals are system-affiliated." width="582" height="900"></a></p><h3><a href="/infographics/2021-01-15-fast-facts-us-health-systems-infographic" title="Fast Facts: U.S. Health Systems 2024.">Fast Facts on U.S. Health Systems Infographic</a></h3></div><div class="col-md-3"><p><a href="/infographics/2021-05-24-fast-facts-us-rural-hospitals-infographic"><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Fast-Fact-on-US-Rural-Hospitals-2023-Infographic-900x582.png" data-entity-uuid="f28aec70-3cf3-4a5a-ba39-d3d9895dad8f" data-entity-type="file" alt="Fast Facts: U.S. Rural Hospitals infographic. IS MY HOSPITAL RURAL? Rural hospitals are those not located within a metropolitan area designated by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and the Census Bureau. Community hospitals are nonfederal, acute care hospitals open to the general public. For alternate rural definitions, see https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/am-i-rural/help#classification. 71% of the decline in the number of U.S. community hospitals between 2017 and 2021 were rural hospitals. Total number of U.S. community hospitals declined by 75 from 2017 to 2021. Total number of U.S. rural hospitals declined by 105 from 2017 to 2021. U.S. rural community hospitals, by ownership type 2019: State and local government (612 total); Nonprofit (1,008 total); Investor-owned, for-profit (180 total). Data may not total 100% due to rounding. 47% of rural hospitals have 25 or fewer staffed beds. U.S. rural community hospitals, by bed size, 2019: Up to 25 beds (871 total); 26-50 beds (332 total); 51-100 beds (324 total); 101 beds or more (273 total)." width="582" height="900"></a></p><h3><a href="/infographics/2021-05-24-fast-facts-us-rural-hospitals-infographic">Fast Facts on U.S. Rural Hospitals Infographic</a></h3></div><div class="col-md-3"><p><a href="/infographics/2022-10-13-fast-facts-behavioral-health-infographic"><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/2023-Behavioral-Health-Fast-Facts-Infographic-900x600_0.jpg" data-entity-uuid="457011a5-8449-444f-a59b-7116e13686d8" data-entity-type="file" alt="2023 Behavioral Health Fast Facts Infographic. Defining Behavioral Health: Behavioral health disorders include both mental illness and substance use disorders. Persons with behavioral health care needs may suffer from either or both types of conditions as well as physical comorbidities. 668: Number of specialty behavioral health hospitals in the U.S. in 2021. 11% of all U.S. hospitals were specialty behavioral health hospitals. 48% of behavioral health hospitals are investor-owned hospitals." width="582" height="900"></a></p><h3><a href="/infographics/2022-10-13-fast-facts-behavioral-health-infographic">Fast Facts: Behavioral Health Infographic</a></h3></div> <p> <a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/04/Infographic-rural-health-obstetrics-15ap22.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the U.S. Rural Hospitals: Obstetrics Infographic PDF."><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Infographic-rural-health-obstetrics-15ap22.jpg" data-entity-uuid="bc11acb6-b4c9-4379-8258-764dc5b98747" data-entity-type="file" alt="Obstetrics: U.S. Rural Hospitals Infographic. Rural hospitals provide access to obstetrical care close to home for millions of Americans. But now, that crucial lifeline is being threatened." width="2703" height="3498"></a> </p> <h3> <a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/04/Infographic-rural-health-obstetrics-15ap22.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the U.S. Rural Hospitals: Obstetrics Infographic PDF.">Obstetrics: U.S. Rural Hospitals</a> </h3> </div> --></div></div> Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:10:00 -0600 Statistics /news/headline/2022-06-03-hospitals-and-health-systems-add-16300-jobs-may <p paraeid="{c5b51dbb-ebbb-46c7-9a92-8e6f0477b98f}{137}" paraid="103170496">Hospitals and health systems added 16,300 jobs in May, while U.S. jobs overall increased by 390,000, <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm">according to data released today </a>by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hospital employment remains almost 75,000 below its March 2020 peak but has grown in 17 of the past 26 months for a slow but steady job recovery. Total health care jobs grew by 28,300 in May to a seasonally adjusted 16.3 million, with hospitals and health systems leading the growth. Employment at nursing homes and residential care facilities increased by about 5,600. </p> Fri, 03 Jun 2022 23:59:19 -0500 Statistics /infographics/2022-04-19-obstetrics-us-rural-hospitals-infographic <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <p>The Obstetrics: U.S. Rural Hospitals infographic provides statistics on rural community hospitals in the U.S. and how many hospital births occur in them; the number of rural hospitals with obstetrics units and how many OB units have closed; and on maternity care deserts in the U.S. where access to maternity care is limited.</p> <p><a href="/system/files/media/file/2022/04/Infographic-rural-health-obstetrics-15ap22.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the Obstetrics: U.S. Rural Hospitals Infographic PDF."><img alt="U.S. Rural Hospitals: Obstetrics Infographic. Rural hospitals provide access to obstetrical care close to home for millions of Americans. But now, that crucial lifeline is being threatened." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="bc11acb6-b4c9-4379-8258-764dc5b98747" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Infographic-rural-health-obstetrics-15ap22.jpg" width="2703" height="3498"></a></p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/system/files/media/file/2022/04/Infographic-rural-health-obstetrics-15ap22.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the Obstetrics: U.S. Rural Hospitals Infographic PDF.">Download the Infographic PDF</a></div> <hr> <div class="external-link spacer"><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/statistics/fast-facts-us-hospitals" target="_blank" title="Click here to more Fast Facts infographics.">See Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals</a></div> <div><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/infographics/2020-07-24-fast-facts-infographics" target="_blank">View the Fast Facts: U.S. Hospitals 2022 Infographics</a></div> <div><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/infographics/2021-05-24-fast-facts-us-rural-hospitals-infographic" target="_blank">View the Fast Facts: U.S. Rural Hospitals 2022 Infographic</a></div> <div><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/infographics/2021-01-15-fast-facts-us-health-systems-infographic" target="_blank">View the Fast Facts: U.S. Health Systems 2023 Infographic</a></div> <hr> <p><a data-widget="image" href="https://www.ahadata.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Learn more about our full suite of data tools. View all AHA Data & Insight Solutions." data-entity-type data-entity-uuid src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/aha-data-and-insights-ad.jpg"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 19 Apr 2022 11:20:47 -0500 Statistics /fact-sheets/2020-01-07-fact-sheet-underpayment-medicare-and-medicaid <p>Each year, the ���������� Association (AHA) collects aggregate information on the payments and costs associated with care delivered to beneficiaries of Medicare and Medicaid by U.S. hospitals. The data used to generate these numbers come from the AHA’s Annual Survey of Hospitals, which is the nation’s most comprehensive source of hospital financial data. This fact sheet provides the definition of underpayment and technical information on how this figure is calculated on a cost basis for Medicare and Medicaid.</p> <p>Payment rates for Medicare and Medicaid, with the exception of managed care plans, are set by law rather than through a negotiation process, as with private insurers. These payment rates are currently set below the costs of providing care, resulting in underpayment. Payments made by managed care plans contracting with the Medicare and Medicaid programs are generally negotiated with the hospital.</p> <p>Hospital participation in Medicare and Medicaid is voluntary. However, as a condition for receiving federal tax exemption for providing health care to the community, not-for-profit hospitals are required to care for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. Also, Medicare and Medicaid account for more than 60 percent of all care provided by hospitals. Consequently, very few hospitals can elect not to participate in Medicare and Medicaid.</p> <p>Bridging the gaps created by government underpayments from Medicare and Medicaid is only one of the benefits that hospitals provide to their communities. In a separate fact sheet, AHA has calculated the cost of uncompensated hospital care (financial assistance and bad debt), which also are benefits to the community. While these two fact sheets contain important information, they do not account for the many other services and programs that hospitals provide to meet identified community needs.</p> <h2>DEFINING UNDERPAYMENT</h2> <p><strong>Underpayment</strong> is the difference between the costs incurred and the reimbursement received for delivering care to patients. Underpayment occurs when the payment received is less than the costs of providing care, i.e., the amount paid by hospitals for the personnel, technology and other goods and services required to provide hospital care is more than the amount paid to them by Medicare or Medicaid for providing that care. Underpayment is not the same as a contractual allowance, which is the difference between hospital charges and government program payments.</p> <h2>CALCULATING UNDERPAYMENTS</h2> <p>Payments received by hospitals for Medicare and Medicaid services are reported for each hospital in the AHA Annual Survey.1 Hospitals also report their gross charges for Medicare and Medicaid services provided. Gross charges for these services are then translated into costs. This is done by multiplying each hospital’s gross charges by each hospital’s overall cost-to-charge ratio, which is the ratio of a hospital’s costs (total expenses exclusive of bad debt) to its charges (gross patient and other operating revenue).</p> <p><span><span><span>§ </span></span></span>Payment = Amount Received</p> <p><span><span><span>§ </span></span></span>Cost-to-charge Ratio      =       Total Expenses Exclusive of Bad Debt                                                                                           __________________________________________                                                                        Gross Patient Revenue + Other Operating Revenue</p> <p><span><span><span>§ </span></span></span>Costs = Gross Charges x Cost-to-Charge Ratio</p> <p>The resulting payment and cost figures are aggregated across all hospitals for Medicare and Medicaid. Payments are then compared to costs. Underpayment occurs when aggregate payments are less than costs.</p> <p><span><span><span>§ </span></span></span>Underpayment = Amount by Which Payment is Less than Costs</p> <h2>FINDINGS</h2> <p>In the aggregate, both Medicare and Medicaid payments fell below costs in 2020:</p> <p><span><span><span>§ </span></span></span>Combined underpayments were $100.4 billion in 2020, up from $75.8 billion in 2019. The<br />       2020 underpayment includes a shortfall of $75.6 billion for Medicare and $24.8 billion for<br />       Medicaid.<br /> <br /> <span><span><span>§ </span></span></span>For Medicare, hospitals received payment of only 84 cents for every dollar spent by hospitals<br />       caring for Medicare patients in 2020.<br /> <br /> <span><span><span>§ </span></span></span>For Medicaid, hospitals received payment of only 88 cents for every dollar spent by hospitals        caring for Medicaid patients in 2020.<br /> <br /> <span><span><span>§ </span></span></span>In 2020, 67 percent of hospitals received Medicare payments less than <br />       cost, while 62 percent of hospitals received Medicaid payments less than cost.</p> <p>____________________<br /> <br /> <small><sup>1</sup> Medicare and Medicaid payments include all applicable payment adjustments (Disproportionate Share, Indirect Medical Education, etc.). Payments include both fee-for-service and managed care payments.</small></p> Thu, 24 Feb 2022 08:05:40 -0600 Statistics /news/headline/2020-07-02-9th-circuit-urged-reverse-fca-decision-based-primarily-statistics <p><span><span><span><span>The AHA, California Hospital Association, and Washington State Hospital Association today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to reverse a district court decision in a lawsuit brought by data analysis company Integra Med Analytics that “gives private plaintiffs broad license to file suits under the False Claims Act in ways that Congress never intended and expressly barred.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span>If “professional relators like Integra are permitted to bring suit based primarily on statistical analysis, supplemented with only minimal Internet research, then the courts will be flooded with opportunistic FCA cases,” the groups said in a </span></span><a href="/amicus-brief/2020-07-02-amicus-brief-9th-circuit-urged-reverse-fca-decision-based-primarily"><span><span>friend-of-the-court brief</span></span></a><span><span> in support of appellant Providence Health & Services. “Hospitals, in particular, will become easy targets for these abusive complaints.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit </span></span><span><span><a href="/news/headline/2020-05-29-appeals-court-dismisses-fca-qui-tam-suit-based-statistics"><span><span>last month affirmed</span></span></a></span></span><span><span> a decision dismissing a similar FCA lawsuit brought by Integra against Baylor Scott & White Health, as </span></span><span><span><a href="/system/files/media/file/2020/05/baylor-scott-white-fca-amicus-brief-12-23-19.pdf"><span><span>urged</span></span></a></span></span><span><span> by the AHA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.</span></span></p> Thu, 02 Jul 2020 15:32:48 -0500 Statistics /news/headline/2020-02-03-cdc-life-expectancy-mortality-down-2018 <p>U.S. life expectancy rose by 0.1 year in 2018 to 78.7, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db355.htm">reported</a> last week. Among specific improvements, the drug overdose death <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db356.htm">rate</a> fell by 4.6% overall, to 20.7 per 100,000; and the infant mortality rate fell by 2.3%, to 566.2 per 100,000 live births. Death rates also decreased 2.9% for chronic lower respiratory diseases, 2.8% for unintentional injuries, 2.2% for cancer, 1.6% for Alzheimer disease, 1.3% for stroke, and 0.8% for heart disease; and increased 4.2% for flu and pneumonia and 1.4% for suicide.</p> <p>“In 2018, for the first time in more than two decades, fewer Americans died of drug overdoses than the year before, and for the first time in four years, American life expectancy rose,” <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/01/30/secretary-azar-statement-on-2018-life-expectancy-drug-overdose-death-data.html">said</a> Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. “This news is a real victory, and it should be a source of encouragement for all Americans who have been committed to connecting people struggling with substance abuse to treatment and recovery.” <br />  </p> Mon, 03 Feb 2020 14:49:16 -0600 Statistics /fact-sheets/2020-01-06-fact-sheet-uncompensated-hospital-care-cost <p><strong>February 2022</strong></p> <p>Each year, the ���������� Association (AHA) publishes aggregate information on the level of uncompensated care – care provided for which no payment is received – delivered by all types of U.S. hospitals. The data used to generate these numbers come from the AHA’s Annual Survey of Hospitals, which is the nation’s most comprehensive source of hospital financial data. This fact sheet provides the definition of uncompensated care and technical information on how this figure is calculated on a cost basis.</p> <p>Please note, this information includes only two components within the universe of benefits that hospitals provide to their communities. While this fact sheet contains important information, it does not account for the many other services and programs that hospitals provide to meet identified community needs. It also may not fully account for other ways in which hospitals provide financial assistance to patients of limited means<sup>.i</sup></p> <h2>DEFINING UNCOMPENSATED CARE COSTS</h2> <h3>What is Uncompensated Care?</h3> <p><strong>Uncompensated care</strong> is an overall measure of hospital care provided for which no payment was received from the patient or insurer. It is the sum of a hospital's bad debt and the financial assistance it provides. Financial assistance includes care for which hospitals never expected to be reimbursed and care provided at a reduced cost for those in need. A hospital incurs bad debt when it cannot obtain reimbursement for care provided; this happens when patients are unable to pay their bills, but do not apply for financial assistance, or are unwilling to pay their bills. Uncompensated care excludes other unfunded costs of care, such as underpayment from Medicaid and Medicare.</p> <h3>Bad Debt and Financial Assistance</h3> <p>The AHA combines the hospital’s bad debt and financial assistance costs to arrive at the hospital’s total costs of unreimbursed care provided to patients. In terms of accounting, <strong>bad debt</strong> consists of services for which hospitals anticipated but did not receive payment. <strong>Financial assistance</strong>, in contrast, consists of services for which hospitals neither received, nor expected to receive, payment because they had determined the patient’s inability to pay. In practice, however, hospitals often have difficulty in distinguishing bad debt from financial assistance.</p> <p>Hospitals provide varying levels of financial assistance, which must be budgeted for and financed by the hospital depending on the hospital’s mission, financial condition, geographic location and other factors. Hospitals have processes in place to identify who can and cannot afford to pay, in advance of billing, in order to anticipate whether the patient’s care needs to be funded through an alternative source. Hospitals also continue efforts to identify patients who are unable to pay during the billing and any collection process. Depending on a variety of factors, including whether a patient completes an application for financial assistance, care may be classified as either financial assistance or bad debt. Bad debt is often generated by medically indigent and/or uninsured patients, making the distinctions between the two categories arbitrary at best.</p> <p>Uncompensated care data are sometimes expressed in terms of hospital charges, but charge data can be misleading, particularly when comparisons are being made among types of hospitals, or hospitals with very different payer mixes. <strong>For this reason, the AHA data on hospitals’ uncompensated care are expressed in terms of costs not charges.</strong> It should be noted that the uncompensated care figures do not include Medicaid or Medicare underpayment costs.</p> <h2>CALCULATING UNCOMPENSATED CARE COSTS</h2> <p>Uncompensated care is first calculated on a hospital by hospital basis. Bad debt and financial assistance (including charity care)<sup>ii</sup> are reported as charges in the AHA Annual Survey. These two numbers are added together and then multiplied by the hospital's cost-to-charge ratio, or the ratio of total expenses to gross patient and other operating revenue.</p> <p><span><span><span>§</span></span></span> Uncompensated Care Charges = Bad Debt Charges + Financial Assistance Charges</p> <p><span><span><span>§</span></span></span> Cost-to-Charge Ratio =                 Total Expenses Exclusive of Bad Debt<br />                                                       ___________________________________<br />                                                Gross Patient Revenue + Other Operating Revenue</p> <p><span><span><span>§</span></span></span> Uncompensated Care Costs = Uncompensated Care Charges x Cost-to-Charge Ratio</p> <p>Combining bad debt and financial assistance to arrive at the hospital’s total uncompensated care cost allows for comparability across hospitals.</p> <ul li> <h3>National Uncompensated Care Based on Cost<sup><a href="#footnoteii">ii</a></sup>: 2000-2020 (in Billions), Community Hospitals</h3> <table> <tbody> <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Hospitals</th> <th>Uncompensated<br /> Care Cost</th> </tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td>5012</td> <td>$21.60</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td>4986</td> <td>$21.50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td>5020</td> <td>$22.40</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td>5018</td> <td>$24.90</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td>5104</td> <td>$27.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td>5374</td> <td>$29.30</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td>5350</td> <td>$31.60</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2007</td> <td>5322</td> <td>$34.40</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td>5396</td> <td>$36.80</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td>5362</td> <td>$39.50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td>5371</td> <td>$39.80</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td>5376</td> <td>$41.60</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td>5367</td> <td>$46.30</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td>5359</td> <td>$46.80</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td>5308</td> <td>$43.20</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td>5280</td> <td>$36.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td>5267</td> <td>$38.40</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td>5262</td> <td>$38.40</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td>5198</td> <td>$41.30</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>5141</td> <td>$41.61</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td>5139</td> <td>$42.67</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><em>Source: AHA Annual Survey Data, 2000-2020</em></p> <hr /> <p id="footnotei"><small><sup>i</sup> Financial assistance is included as a community benefit that non-profit hospitals and health systems report on IRS Form 990 Schedule H. Other Schedule H community benefit activities include: participation in means-tested government programs, like Medicaid; health professions education; health services research; subsidized health services; community health improvement activities; and cash or in-kind contributions to other community groups. A 2021 AHA analysis found that in 2018, tax-exempt hospitals and health systems reported total community benefits of over $105 billion, or 13.9 percent of total expenses, about half of which resulted from expenditures for financial assistance for patients and absorbing losses from Medicaid and other means-tested government program underpayments (<a href="/system/files/media/file/2021/09/aha-2018-schedule-h-reporting.pdf" target="_blank">/system/files/media/file/2021/09/aha-2018-schedule-h-reporting.pdf</a>).<br /> <br /> <sup>ii</sup> In the AHA Annual Survey, financial assistance and charity care refer to health services provided free of charge or at reduced rates to individuals who meet certain financial criteria.<br /> <br /> <sup>iii</sup> The above uncompensated care figures represent the estimated cost of bad debt and charity care to the hospital. This figure is calculated for each hospital by multiplying uncompensated care charge data by the ratio of total expenses to gross patient and other operating revenues. The total uncompensated care cost is arrived at by adding together all individual hospital values. The uncompensated care figure does not include Medicaid or Medicare underpayment costs, or other contractual allowances. Moreover, the figure does not take into account the small number of hospitals that derive the majority of their income from tax appropriations, grants and contributions.</small></p> </ul> Mon, 06 Jan 2020 16:08:37 -0600 Statistics