Community Benefit

Community-based interdisciplinary care management models that take a holistic, patient-centered approach by pinpointing access and engagement have been shown to successfully transform the lives of this dual-eligible population with their complex set of needs.

Missed appointments have a negative effect on clinical productivity, and unused clinical space and staff time equate to loss of revenue.

Even though many practices do not provide the option, those that do saw greater primary care revenue and brought in patients that were slightly healthier, a new study says.

The medical associations identified five opportunities to make immediate reform.

Without enough funding to cover March, many states would not be able to cover all children beyond February without accessing redistribution funds, report says.

If future policies are adopted that eliminate Medicaid expansion and slash the number of insured Americans, experts say many hospitals will fail and be forced to close their doors.

Partnerships brought in surgeons, helped keep revenue in house by cutting transfers and costs, study showed.

Hospitals put $75 to $100 million into housing projects to limit unnecessary ER visits and reduce wasteful health care spending for homeless.

A New York hospital volunteer team is heading to Puerto Rico to treat patients while Sutter Health donates to wildfire relief after closing hospital.

Of the $67.4 billion in community benefits, $34.7 billion was comprised of financial assistance, unreimbursed Medicaid, and other unreimbursed costs.