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Community Hospital Anderson opens $2.5 million farm expansion to donate more to local food pantries
A farm owned and operated by Community Hospital Anderson in Indiana recently completed a $2.5 million expansion that is expected to produce 30,000 pounds of produce per year to be shared with local food pantries to help address food insecurity across Madison County.
Baptist Health’s Food Rx Program
Baptist Health recognizes the financial constraints that many patients face, and, in response, developed the Food Rx Program to provide nonperishable food items to patients who have an immediate need.
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center’s Behavioral Health Services Joins ‘Age-Friendly Health Systems’ Initiative
Wyoming’s Cheyenne Regional Medical Center has joined more than 2,700 hospitals, outpatient clinics and health systems nationwide as participants in the “Age-Friendly Health Systems” initiative.
AHA Schedule H Project: 2020 Tax Year Benchmark Report
Beginning in 2018, the AHA contracted with Candid to create a file of all Schedule H forms electronically submitted by hospitals to the IRS for the most recently completed tax year, 2020. Using the Candid database, as well as AHA annual survey data, the AHA can now provide benchmark reports to all tax-exempt hospitals and systems.
Hospital assistance to patients, communities approaches $130B a year
U.S. tax-exempt hospitals provided over $129 billion in community benefits in 2020, 15.5% of their total expenses and nearly $20 billion more than in 2019, the AHA reports.
New Tunnel-visioned Report Gets It Wrong on Community Benefit
Time and time again, it’s been proven that non-profit hospitals more than earn their tax-exempt status by providing benefits determined to best serve each community.
Tax-Exempt Hospitals Provided Nearly $130 Billion in Total Benefits to Their Communities
Even in the face of a once-in-a-century pandemic, all hospitals, regardless of ownership type, continued to provide a comprehensive range of benefits, programs and essential services to their communities.
Results from 2020 Tax-Exempt Hospitals’ Schedule H Community Benefit Reports
Tax-exempt hospitals provided nearly $130 billion in total benefits to their communities in 2020 alone — the most recent year for which comprehensive data is available. This new report demonstrates that hospitals never retrenched during the pandemic, and, in fact, the amount of community benefit exceeded prior years by nearly $20 billion.
Tax-Exempt Status
Not-for-profit community hospitals do more than care for the injured and infirm; they promote and protect the health and well-being of their communities. Not-for-profit hospitals are distinguished by certain charitable obligations that have evolved over time as they work to meet the changing health needs of their communities.