Community Benefit Activities of CAHs, Non-Metropolitan Hospitals, and Metropolitan Hospitals, 2010

Authors

Zach T. Croll MPH, University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, Maine Rural Health Research CenterFollow
John A. Gale MS, University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, Maine Rural Health Research CenterFollow
Andrew F. Coburn PhD, University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, Maine Rural Health Research CenterFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

11-1-2012

Keywords

MRHRC, Community Benefit, scorecard, national, CAH, indicators, critical access hospital, rural

Abstract

Non-profit hospitals, including Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), are required to report their community benefit activities (programs and services that provide treatment and/or promote health in response to identified community needs) to the Internal Revenue Service. Using a set of community benefit indicators developed by the Flex Monitoring Team (FMT), these reports compare CAHs to non-metropolitan non-CAHs (non-metro hospitals) and metropolitan (metro) hospitals in order to monitor the community benefit activities of CAHs and understand whether and how their community benefit profiles differ from the profiles of other hospitals.

The Flex Monitoring Team also produces state-specific reports with more detailed results.

Recommended Citation

Croll, Z., Gale, J. A., & Coburn, A. (2012). Community benefit activities of critical access hospitals, non-metropolitan hospitals and metropolitan hospitals. (National overview). Portland, ME: Flex Monitoring Team.