Community Benefit
Community benefits are clinical or non-clinical programs or activities providing treatment and/or promoting health and healing that are responsive to identified community needs, not provided for marketing purposes. Community benefits meet at least one of the following criteria: – Generate a low or negative margin – Respond to needs of special populations, such as minorities, frail elderly, poor persons with disabilities, chronically mentally ill, and other disenfranchised persons. – Supply services or programs that would likely be discontinued (or would need to be provided by another not-for-profit or government provider) if the decision were made on a purely financial basis. – Involve education or research that improves overall community health.
Community Benefit Objectives 1. Address Community Need; 2. Improve Access to Health Services; 3. Enhance Population Health; 4. Advance Knowledge; and/or 5. Demonstrate Charitable Purpose
Brochure for Community Benefit 101 - Hospital Coordinator Training on CBISA
Online Registration for Community Benefit Programs in April and May
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