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A modest proposal: Non-profits, for-profit hospitals meet in the middle
OK, I'm still working this out in my head here, so there will probably be a few flaws, but let's see how this sounds to y'all. Right now, as we try to figure out how to pay for care for everyone in... Read more...
CT hospital group pulls a fast one on community benefits
OK, let me get this straight--and see if I can keep a straight face: Even if hospitals use only a tiny fraction of their revenues to directly subsidize care for poor people, they're still saintly... Read more...
Non-profit hospitals under the gun
Non-profit hospitals have always faced pressure to account for where those tax-exempt dollars are going, but the last few years have been particularly brutal. Of late, many critics have suggested... Read more...
Readers take issue with challenge to non-profit hospital tax exemptions
I'm not surprised to report that my editorial last week challenging non-profit hospitals' right to a tax-exemption struck a nerve. Some readers wrote in to complain bitterly, and others to give me a... Read more...
Is it time for the non-profit hospital to go?
Looked at objectively, the non-profit hospital is something of an oddity. After all, such hospitals are forced to act as aggressively as investor-owned hospitals--in other words, to operate... Read more...
HFMA releases model charity-care policy for non-profits
The Healthcare Financial Management Association has released a model charity-care policy, in a move that is likely to help non-profit hospitals to prepare for tighter IRS scrutiny of their charity... Read more...
Battle to define community benefits, minimum charity levels continues
While it hasn't gotten a lot of publicity in recent weeks--overshadowed by the birth of the stimulus package, no doubt--the battle to crack down on community benefit measures and minimum spending... Read more...
Grassley wants charity care standards in stimulus
Working with another member of the Senate Finance Committee, perennial not-for-profit hospital critic Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is offering two amendments to the massive stimulus bill that should... Read more...
Is the non-profit hospital model defunct?
Looked at one way, the non-profit hospital is an odd business model. Despite pressure to provide charitable care and services, it must operate as efficiently as any taxable business if it hopes to... Read more...
