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NewsAHA: Hospitals spend 11.3% on community benefits
With nonprofit hospitals trying to prove they deserve tax exemptions, comes a new report showing an average of 11.3 percent of their total spending goes toward community benefits, including free Read more...
Hospitals reveal community benefits to discount tax-exemption critics
Amid increasing scrutiny of tax-exempt organizations, the Illinois Hospital Association yesterday revealed that nonprofit hospitals in the state contributed $4.6 billion in community benefits in the Read more...
Top-earning CEO receives $10M at Northwestern Memorial
Ten million dollars: That's how much Northwestern Memorial HealthCare CEO Dean Harrison made in 2010, ranking as the highest-paid hospital chief exec in Chicago, according to Crain's Chicago Read more...
Hospitals offer jobs, economic growth during hard times
Hospitals do more than provide medical care in New Jersey; they serve as a reliable source of jobs, income taxes, and spending in the midst of an economic slump. The Garden State had $18.6 billion in Read more...
Cleveland Clinic slammed for limited charity care amid area layoffs
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) on Tuesday criticized Cleveland Clinic for not providing enough uncompensated care to the area's low-income residents, reports The Plain Dealer. Nearby MetroHealth Read more...
Health Foundation worries HCA deal may risk access to care
The proposed sale of nonprofit Colorado Health Foundation's $1.45 billion stake in seven hospitals to for-profit hospital chain Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is still raising eyebrows, even Read more...
Nonprofit hospital tax-exemption denials put on hold
To give hospitals and taxpayers more time to find a legislative solution, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has put a hold on new rulings that could deny tax-exemptions to nonprofit hospitals, reports the Read more...
Hospitals provide more charity care, as patients struggle to pay
Like many other hospitals around the country, hospitals in Montana have increased significantly the amount of charity care they provide to low-income and uninsured patients, reports the Great Falls Read more...
Should nuns, priests run hospitals to avoid exuberant exec pay?
With healthcare executive pay and national healthcare costs under scrutiny, many wonder what the remedy to exuberant compensation packages could be and if it's needed. Although the national average Read more...
Regulators continue crackdown on hospitals' tax-exempt status
State and federal agencies continue to investigate the validity of hospitals' nonprofit, tax-exempt status. Yesterday, the Illinois Department of Revenue denied three hospitals from property tax Read more...
| Press ReleasesSacramento Healthcare Workers Launch Initiative Drive to End Hospital Price GougingCaregivers and Community Leaders Start Signature Collection Outside of Sutter General SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fed up with outrageous hospital prices like $21 for a single aspirin, $86 Read more >> Fresno Area Patients Have New Affordable Options for HealthcareMedLion expands direct primary care to Valley residents without insurance MONTEREY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nearly one in four Fresno residents is without any kind of health care coverage. MedLion, Read more >> Healthcare Workers Submit Bold Voter Initiative Package to Rein in Healthcare Costs, Ensure Charity Care for the NeediestOAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- California healthcare workers filed two statewide ballot initiatives with Attorney General Kamala Harris’s office Wednesday, Nov. 23 that give consumers needed Read more >> Catholic Healthcare West and SEIU-UHW Union Healthcare Members Unite to Preserve Medi-Cal and Medicare FundingFight to Protect Vital Funding for Vulnerable Californians SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SEIU United Healthcare Workers West members, Catholic Healthcare West, doctors, patients and healthcare Read more >> Fitch Upgrades St. Luke's (MO) Revs to 'A+'; Outlook StableSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A+' rating to St. Luke's Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals' (St. Luke's) expected issuance of approximately $45 million of series 2011 Read more >> |
