Community Benefit
鈥淎 recent Modern Healthcare article misleadingly suggests that hospitals and health systems provided less charity care between 2020 and 2023,鈥 writes AHA General Counsel and Secretary Mindy Hatton.
Learn why it's reckless and wrong to allege that hospitals are deliberately squeezing their charity care spending to maintain financial viability.
Last year, NYC Health + Hospitals became the nation鈥檚 largest municipal health system to make plant-based food the default for inpatient meals.
A trio of Utah hospitals run by Intermountain Health are making sure that the best practice of breastfeeding has taken firm hold within their walls.
Carrier Behavioral Health at Raritan Bay Medical Center represents a significant expansion of behavioral health treatment options to the Perth Amboy, New Jersey area residents served by the health system.
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center鈥檚 鈥淭he Gratitude Project鈥 memorializes the stories of its health care workers while they navigated the COVID-19 pandemic.
AHA recently honored Lewis County General Hospital for 75 years of membership and for its continued commitment to serving their patients and communities.
People visit hospitals to receive care for injuries or diseases or undergo needed medical procedures and surgeries.
Report: 340B tax-exempt hospitals provided more than $84 billion benefits to communities in 2020
In 2020, the most recent year for which this information is available, tax-exempt hospitals participating in the 340B drug savings program provided $84.4B in total benefits to their communities. Total community benefits for 340B hospitals increased from $67.9 billion in 2019 to $84.4 billion in鈥