Articles
Community Benefit, Tax-exempt Status
Hospital Benefits to Communities Far Outweigh Tax Exemptions: A Closer Look at the Numbers
By Aaron Wesolowski, AHA Vice President of Research Strategy and Policy Communications, Megha Parikh, AHA Associate Director of Health Analytics Policy
A new analysis from EY prepared for the AHA highlights the ways in which nonprofit hospitals and health systems contribute to their communities.
Community Benefit, Tax-exempt Status
Beyond the Labels: Schedule H Reporting and the Benefits That Hospitals Provide to Communities
By Aaron Wesolowski, AHA Vice President of Research Strategy and Policy Communications, Megha Parikh, AHA Associate Director of Health Analytics Policy
The American Hospital Association (AHA) released a new report on Sept. 10, showing that tax-exempt hospitals provided nearly $150 billion in total benefits in 2022, an amount that reflects spending across all parts of Schedule H.
Drug Prices, Drug shortages
Drug Prices and Shortages Jeopardize Patient Access to Quality Hospital Care
The inability of many patients to obtain needed drug therapies due to either high prices or shortages has negatively affected patient outcomes.1 Nearly 30% of Americans say they haven’t taken their medication as prescribed due to high drug prices, and it is estimated that more than 1.1 million Medicare patients alone could die over the next decade because they cannot afford to pay for their prescribed medications.2,3