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Advocacy Issue: Tax-Exempt Status
Every single hospital and health system provides benefits to their communities that far outstrip any other sector in health care. Some hospitals are exempt from federal and some state and local taxes. Hospitals more than earn their tax exemption, in part because of the immense benefits they provide to the communities they serve.
Infographic: Myth vs. Fact: Nonprofit Hospitals’ Tax-Exempt Status
Infographic Myth vs. Fact: Nonprofit Hospitals’ Tax-Exempt Status
ACT TODAY: House Ways and Means Committee to Meet on Tax-exempt Hospital Spending
Your representative sits on the Oversight Subcommittee. Please reach out prior to the hearing to ensure they understand how your hospital or health system benefits your community beyond charity care or financial assistance.
Leadership Dialogue Series: The Importance of Advocacy and Storytelling in Rural Health
In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health and 2025 AHA board chair, talks with Lori Wightman, R.N., CEO of Bothwell Regional Health Center, about the challenges that rural hospitals and health systems face.
"Saving People's Lives": Access to Mental Health and Addiction Services in Rural Communities
In this conversation, Brenda Romero, administrator at Presbyterian Española Hospital, discusses the methods for accessing treatment and the importance of the hospital's innovative and community-focused work.
Metropolitan Anchor Hospitals: Anchoring Community Health With NYC Health + Hospitals
In this conversation, Deborah Brown, senior vice president of external and regulatory affairs at NYC Health + Hospitals, discusses innovative solutions to common Metropolitan Anchor Hospitals challenges.
IRS Form 990 and Schedule H
In August 2008, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final instructions for the redesigned Form 990 and 16 related schedules, including Schedule H–Hospitals, designated solely for tax-exempt hospitals.
Affordability Advocacy Agenda
Our shared focus with Congress and Administration is on providing relief from the pandemic, ensuring a smooth recovery, and rebuilding a better health care system for the future. The American Hospital Association continues to incorporate principles that promote improved affordability, value, and equity into our policy and advocacy activities.
Rural Advocacy Action Center
Rural hospitals provide essential health care services to some 57 million people. Because of their size, modest assets and financial reserves, and higher percentages of Medicare patients, small and rural hospitals disproportionately rely on government payments.