Charitable intentions. CHA, VHA unveil community-benefit guidelines developed to help not-for-profit hospitals justify their tax exemptions
Becker, C.
Modern Healthcare 36(23): 6-7 14 1
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-7480 PMID: 16792227 Document Number: 599962
With new guidelines from the CHA and VHA on reporting community benefits, not-for-profit hospitals are being advised to drop bad debt and Medicare shortfalls from their accounting of how they fulfill their mission. While the AHA doesn't agree, some experts do. MedPAC member Nancy Kane, right, says bad debt "is a tough one, but I don't think a lot of bad debt is a community benefit.