Community Benefit
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Resources for States to Address Health Equity and Disparities
/in Policy Toolkits Accountable Health, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Community Benefit, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Featured Policy Home, Health Coverage and Access, Health Equity, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health Health Equity /by NASHP WritersMany states are transforming their health care delivery systems to improve health and control costs. Reducing health disparities — and addressing their social and economic causes — is at the heart of many of these efforts.
Montana Audit Recommends Clarifying and Strengthening Hospitals’ Community Benefit and Charity Care Requirements
/in Health System Costs Montana Blogs, Featured News Home Community Benefit, Consumer Affordability, Health System Costs, Hospital/Health System Oversight, Population Health /by Allie AtkesonNonprofit hospitals can be important partners for states in promoting community health, especially through their community benefit investments. Montana’s Legislative Audit Division recently completed a report that calculated the total tax exemptions and community benefit spending by its 47 nonprofit hospitals and found they had no real impact on the health of Montanans.
Resources to Help States Maximize their Hospitals’ Community Benefit Investments
/in Policy Featured News Home, Toolkits Community Benefit, Consumer Affordability, Health Equity, Health System Costs, Hospital/Health System Oversight, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health Community Benefit /by Elinor HigginsTo make sure hospitals’ community benefit investments address community and state health goals, many states are working to ensure that hospitals are held accountable and their investments truly improve community health and advance equity.
New Tool Helps States Assess Hospital Community Benefit Spending on Health Equity
/in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Community Benefit, Consumer Affordability, COVID-19, Health Equity, Health System Costs, Hospital/Health System Oversight, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by NASHP StaffStates Connect their Health Improvement Priorities to Hospital Community Benefits
/in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Community Benefit, Health System Costs, Hospital/Health System Oversight, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Allie Atkeson and Anne DeBiasiConfronted with revenue shortfalls, the COVID-19 pandemic, and health disparities, states are tapping all available resources to address urgent health needs and plan for long-term recovery. Accessing new Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act resources, pursuing flexibility with current funds, and leveraging hospitals’ community benefit tax exemptions are strategies states are employing to […]
How 10 States Connect their Health Improvement Goals to Hospital Community Benefit Investments
/in Policy Charts Accountable Health, Community Benefit, Health Equity, Health System Costs, Hospital/Health System Oversight, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by NASHP StaffThis resource highlights the goals of 10 states’ health and equity improvement plans, certificate/determination of need processes, and COVID-19 recovery and resilience plans. Policymakers can use the information in this chart and blog to make hospitals’ community benefit investments more accountable and effective by having them reflect state health goals and then measuring their progress. […]
States Work to Advance Racial Equity in COVID-19 Outcomes and Beyond
/in COVID-19 Blogs, Featured News Home Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Community Benefit, COVID-19, Health Equity, Housing and Health, Population Health, Quality and Measurement, Social Determinants of Health /by Elinor HigginsDisparities in states’ COVID-19’s health outcomes have driven home the need for policymakers to reassess their work to advance racial equity and redirect efforts to be more effective. A recent update to the National Academy for State Health Policy’s (NASHP) interactive map, How States Collect Data, Report, and Act on COVID-19 Racial and Ethnic Disparities, reveals […]
How States Can Advance Health Equity while Addressing Health System Costs
/in Health System Costs, Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Accountable Health, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Community Benefit, COVID-19, Health Equity, Health System Costs, Hospital/Health System Oversight, Making the Case for Action, Population Health, Quality and Measurement, Social Determinants of Health, Total Cost of Care Benchmark /by Adney RakotoniainaStates Explore Pivoting Hospital Community Benefit Requirements to Address Disparities Exposed by COVID-19
/in Health System Costs Blogs, Featured News Home Community Benefit, Consumer Affordability, Health Equity, Health System Costs, Hospital/Health System Oversight, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Anne DeBiasi, Jill Rosenthal and Allie AtkesonAnticipating Hospital Bed Shortages, States Suspend Certificate of Need Programs to Allow Quick Expansions
/in COVID-19 Blogs, Featured News Home Community Benefit, COVID-19, Health System Costs, Hospital/Health System Oversight, Population Health /by Deborah Fournier, Adney Rakotoniaina and Johanna ButlerAs coronavirus (COVID-19) hospitalizations and ICU bed demand surge across the country, 13 states have quickly acted to implement temporary, targeted suspensions of their certificate of need (CON) requirements for construction or expansion of new health-care facilities to remove regulatory barriers to address this critical health care need. CON laws are state regulatory mechanisms to […]
Resources to Help States Maximize their Hospitals’ Community Benefit Investments
/in Policy Featured News Home, Toolkits Community Benefit, Consumer Affordability, Health Equity, Health System Costs, Hospital/Health System Oversight, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health Community Benefit /by Elinor HigginsTo make sure hospitals’ community benefit investments address community and state health goals, many states are working to ensure that hospitals are held accountable and their investments truly improve community health and advance equity.