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The Outreach Oncologist for Rural Colorado
Dr. Robert Hoyer, an oncologist with UCHealth in Colorado Springs, dedicates one week each month to providing cancer care in rural southeast Colorado, where access to specialized medical services is limited.
ACHI - Home
AHA Community Health Improvement is the premier hub for community health, community benefit and population health professionals.
House subcommittee holds hearing on tax-exempt hospitals
The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee today hosted a
Hospital Stories
Explore stories of hospitals going above and beyond to care for their patients and communities throughout America. Search by location using state, category, or hospital name in the interactive map, or sort stories by category using the filter.
Turning corner stores into health hubs
Angela Shuman, a community health nurse with Penn State Health, plays a vital role in supporting residents of Reading, Pa., through monthly health check-ins at New Heightz Grocery Store. Her warm, personal approach — like hugging regulars and offering gentle reminders about medication — has built deep trust within the community.
Alaska hospital kitchen staff get lesson in traditional cooking: seal processing
In a hands-on workshop at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, Tlingit seal hunter Tim Ackerman demonstrates the traditional method of butchering a harbor seal to a group of chefs, nutritionists and cultural practitioners.
AHA Report Shows Tax-exempt Hospitals Provided Nearly $150 Billion in Benefits to Communities in 2022
The CMS July 31 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2026.
Benefits to Communities
The mission of all hospitals and health systems, regardless of size and type of ownership, is to care for their patients and communities. In addition to providing financial assistance to those in need, hospitals have programs that are responsive to their community’s needs. These community benefits include help with housing, accessing healthy food, educational programs, health screenings, transportation to ensure patients arrive at needed medical appointments, vaccination clinics and other programs to address the many other needs that affect the community’s health and well-being.
AHA Schedule H Project: 2022 Tax Year Benchmark Report
This benchmark report will enable a tax-exempt hospital or system to compare its community benefit reporting on Schedule H with selected benchmark groupings of other tax-exempt hospitals.
Tax-exempt Hospitals Provided $149 Billion in Total Benefits to Their Communities
Tax-exempt hospitals provided nearly $149 billion in total benefits to their communities in 2022 alone (the most recent year for which comprehensive data is available).