NEW RESOURCE! Hospitals & Community Health: Moving Beyond the Numerical Tally

NEW RESOURCE! Hospitals & Community Health: Moving Beyond the Numerical Tally

Continuing movement towards risk-based reimbursement in health care financing offers new opportunities for generative dialogue among hospitals and community stakeholders on how to better align and focus assets across health and related sectors to eliminate health inequities.  The Center to Advance Community Health & Equity (CACHE) has just released a new resource, Hospitals & Community Health: Moving Beyond the Numerical Tally.  This guide is intended to serve as a resource for community stakeholders, regional philanthropy, and public officials who use data from the Community Benefit Insight (CBI) Tool, a searchable platform with tax-exempt hospital data from IRS Form 990 Schedule H.  The CBI platform was  developed by RTI International, who manages enhancements and partners with CACHE to support inquiries.  It is also intended to move beyond simple comparisons of expenditures by tax-exempt hospitals, and towards a more thoughtful and collaborative approach to analysis, engagement, and improving health at scale. 

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