Community Benefit
On today’s episode, I talk with AHA Board Member Doug Brown, president of UMass Memorial Community Hospitals and chief administrative officer for UMass Memorial Health, which serves patients throughout Massachusetts.
We discuss the many ways that hospitals, health systems and care providers…
Mason Health in Shelton, Wash. is taking a holistic approach to public health by working toward a sustainable community and environment.
For some grateful parents, like those whose children have been nursed back to health from grave injury, thanking their kid’s health care team is not enough to express their appreciation. At UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., Aaron Brazier decided to give back to the hospital that saved…
Billings, MT-based St. Vincent Healthcare, now part of Intermountain Health, has applied for Level I Trauma Center verification under the American College of Surgeons (ACS), in hopes of becoming Montana's very first Comprehensive Trauma Center in early 2024.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has eliminated redundant processes and reduced the time and number of people involved in a discharge while boosting patient satisfaction scores.
A special partnership with Children's Hospital Colorado is helping patients and families facing housing insecurity.
In Spokane, Wash., Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center is partnering with the Spokane Regional Domestic Violence Coalition to provide a toolkit for comprehensive workplace training program for businesses and nonprofits to access online, with in-person training or a combination of those two.
Tax-exempt hospitals have special obligations to their communities in exchange for that privilege. They report the amounts they spend on community benefits yearly and conduct a community needs assessment at least every three years. There is no doubt that these hospitals both meet and exceed any…
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight April 26 will hold a hearing that will include discussion of hospitals’ and health systems’ status as tax-exempt organizations and the IRS’ community benefit standard. We ask that you reach out to your representative on the Ways and Means…
On April 3, Bay Area Hospital’s Kids’ Hope Center commemorated National Child Abuse Prevention Month by covering the center’s property with a sea of vibrant pinwheels.