Community
Benefit: An Opportunity for Public Health and Hospitals to Work Together
Recent
changes in federal law have created an opportunity for hospitals, public health
departments, and community groups to forge new partnerships and improve health.
To maintain their tax-exempt status, nonprofit hospitals must provide benefits
to the communities they serve. Historically, hospitals’ community benefit
activities have focused on providing charity care and other forms of
uncompensated care. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) establishes standard
requirements for nonprofit hospitals concerning community benefit reporting,
community health needs assessments, and strategies to improve the health of the
communities they serve. These strategies for population health improvement have
the potential to bring key partners together in communities to work toward
identifying and addressing important health priorities.
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