An op-ed published July 9 in Modern Healthcare written by AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack and Catholic Health Association President and CEO Sr. Mary Haddad discusses why nonprofit hospitals need positive margins. The commentary piece seeks to add important context and education to the conversation around nonprofit hospitals’ community benefit, tax-exempt status and other issues, arguing that positive margins are necessary to maintain basic services and advance care for all patients and communities 24/7. "Barely making ends meet or operating at a financial loss should never be the goal or an acceptable status quo for any nonprofit healthcare organization," Pollack and Haddad write. "It’s not just bad economics; it also impedes institutions’ ability to deliver services and improve health outcomes." READ MORE
 

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