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Community Benefit

By Faith Mitchell | 10:56 am | October 13, 2014
Beginning in the 1970s, the conversion of nonprofit healthcare organizations to for-profit status created many new foundations. Soon, in the wake of the Affordable Care Act, even more "conversion" foundations will be created, resulting from what some have termed a "merger frenzy."
By Anthony Brino | 10:20 am | October 13, 2014
As healthcare's trade winds blow towards more consolidation, some nonprofit health systems are taking a new business turn, while trying to continue traditional charitable missions.
By Chris Nerney | 11:00 am | September 19, 2014
For U.S. community health centers, the recent announcement of $295 million in Affordable Care Act funding was welcome news. But the five-year period of mandatory ACA funding expires next September, meaning CHCs face a reduction of up to 70 percent in grant funding.
By Anna Gorman | 09:48 am | September 18, 2014
California's lingering backlog of Medi-Cal applications has left hundreds of thousands of people unable to access the healthcare they are entitled to receive, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News | 09:45 am | August 18, 2014
As more Americans gain insurance under the federal health law, hospitals are rethinking their charity programs, with some scaling back help for those who could have signed up for coverage but didn't.
By Anthony Brino | 09:20 am | June 05, 2014
Hospitals in states that have expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act are already bringing in fewer self-pay and charity care patient cases, according to an analysis by the Colorado Hospital Association.
By Joe Burns | 10:23 am | June 03, 2014
Hospitals in Georgia have struggled financially in recent years, as uncompensated care costs rose after the recession and the state rejected Medicaid expansion. But one standalone facility decided that affiliation and clinical integration might be the right path to stave off closure.
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News | 10:44 am | May 27, 2014
One of the biggest beneficiaries of healthcare reform's expansion of insurance coverage to more than 13 million people this year has been the nation's safety-net hospitals. At least in the states that have chosen to accept the Medicaid expansion.
By Anthony Brino | 11:04 am | May 16, 2014
Almost a third of all hospitalizations now treat diabetic patients, and cost more than average. Diabetic admissions may be a problem that regulators, ACOs and providers need to solve for the long-term.
By Paul Cerrato | 09:55 am | April 21, 2014
With new reporting requirements from the Affordable Care Act and increasing scrutiny of community benefits programs, executives of hospitals are taking a more critical look at their programs to make sure they're on target and creating a solid financial strategy.