Letter to the editor: Article on hospital charity care misleads
A recent Modern Healthcare article suggests that hospitals’ charity care as a share of expenses declined between 2020 and 2023, but the authors’ own data tell a different story, write AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack and Catholic Health Association President and CEO Sr. Mary Haddad. “The data show that charity care has increased and only appears lower when compared against the massive growth in expenses for hospitals and health systems.” READ MORE
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