Community Benefit
Elizabeth Brown, M.D., an OB/GYN at Sanford Health in Dickinson, North Dakota, balances her medical career with her life on a 650-acre ranch in Glendive, Montana.
In this conversation, Scott Nygaard, M.D., chief operating officer at Lee Health, discusses the impact these natural disasters have had on the organization
Hospitals and health systems build effective community partnerships by aligning with and addressing community health priorities and authentically engaging local leaders and residents to collaborate in this work.
. In this conversation, Andres Nieto, director of community health outreach and marketing with NewYork-Presbyterian, and Jamie Ketas, vice president of population health with Englewood Health, discuss how communities and health systems can intersect to improve quality of life, and how solutions can鈥
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH), a 25-bed critical access hospital in St. Johnsbury, Vt., is committed to providing 鈥渁 lifetime of health and well-being鈥 that extends beyond its walls through community health initiatives aimed at keeping people healthy.
Nonprofit hospitals have special obligations to their communities in exchange for being tax-exempt.
In this conversation, Brenda Romero, administrator at Presbyterian Espa帽ola Hospital, discusses the methods for accessing treatment and the importance of the hospital's innovative and community-focused work.
An EY report prepared for the AHA shows that tax-exempt hospitals and health systems delivered $10 in benefits to their communities for every dollar鈥檚 worth of federal tax exemption in 2020, the most recent year for which comprehensive data is available. It represents an increase from $9 in鈥
A new analysis by the international accounting firm EY (also known as Ernst and Young) for the AHA shows that tax-exempt hospitals and health systems delivered $10 in benefits to their communities for every dollar鈥檚 worth of federal tax exemption in 2020, the most recent year for which鈥
In 2020, the estimated tax revenue forgone due to the tax-exempt status of nonprofit hospitals is $13.2 billion. In comparison, the benefit tax-exempt hospitals provided to their communities, as reported on the Form 990 Schedule H, is estimated to be $129 billion, almost 10 times greater than the鈥