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NewsNonprofit hospital exec pay getting heat from struggling city
Should struggling cities get a cut of the money otherwise directed toward executive pay of nonprofit hospitals? That's the debate going on in Rhode Island, where Providence is on the brink of Read more...
AHA: 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...
State cap on executive pay moves forward
New York Gov. Cuomo on Wednesday signed an executive order, directing state agencies to place caps on nonprofit executive pay to no more than $199,000 annually that come from public dollars. 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...
Hospitals praise IRS reporting of charity care
With increasing scrutiny of executive pay at nonprofit hospitals, recent tax forms reveal not only the salaries of top leaders but also the amount of charity care that hospitals provide. For example, 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...
Highest nonprofit exec earners make millions
The compensation of nonprofit executives once again comes under public scrutiny. The Dallas Morning News recently reported that nonprofit organizations dolled out millions to the area's highest paid 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...
Union outraged at Lifespan's million-dollar executive pay
As the public puts the microscope on high executive pay at nonprofit hospitals, the Rhode Island Hospital union blasted reports of the compensation packages of Lifespan's highest-earning executives 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...
| Press ReleasesFitch: U.S. Not-for-Profit Hospitals Await Relatively Calm 2012; Beyond a ConcernCHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Link to Fitch Ratings' Report: 2012 Outlook: Nonprofit Hospitals and Healthcare Systemshttp://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=659704 U.S. Read more >> Fitch Teleconference Today: Impact of Potential Medicare Cuts on U.S. HospitalsNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The operating margins of U.S. non-profit hospitals are vulnerable to possible cuts to Medicare reimbursement, according to Fitch Ratings, which will be discussing the Read more >> Fitch: U.S. Non-Profit Hospitals Profitability at Risk by Potential Medicare CutsNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Link to Fitch Ratings' Report: Impact of Potential Medicare Cuts on Nonprofit Hospitalshttp://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=655433 Read more >> Midwest Hospital CEO Compensation Nears $500,000 AveragePayers & Providers White Paper Examines Pay of More Than 700 Top Executives CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Chief executive officers of non-profit hospitals in the Midwest earn average compensation of Read more >> Fitch Affirms North Mississippi Health Services (MS) S-T Rating at 'F1+'NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings has affirmed its short-term 'F1+' rating on the following Mississippi Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Read more >> |
