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- New York Times: Congress Questions the I.R.S. About Delays in Its Oversight of Nonprofit Hospitals (November 01, 2011) Hospital Accountability Director Jessica Curtis says the IRS should enforce the requirement that hospitals report back on charity care.
- Contra Costa Times: Public Hospitals Carry Burden of Charity Care Despite Big Tax Breaks for Non-Profits (October 26, 2011) The San Francisco East Bay area's non-profit hospitals receive millions of dollars in tax breaks each year to care for the poor and uninsured, yet they provide only a fraction of local charity care, a Bay Area News Group analysis reveals.
- Des Moines Register: Hospitals Avoid Taxes Despite Little Free Care (October 18, 2011) Scores of Iowa hospitals are exempt from most taxes because they’re classified as charities, but some spend less than 1 percent of their money on free care for the poor, a Des Moines Register analysis shows.
- NPR Shots: To Reach the Underserved, Hospitals Look to Local Churches (October 04, 2011) A hospital in Virginia is hoping to address the disparity in prenatal care for Hispanic women by training volunteers in church communities to direct women to health care services and answer questions about documentation and where to go if they are uninsured.
- The Hilltop Institute: Strengthening Connections between Non-profit Hospitals and Their Communities: an Interview with Jessica Curtis, Community Catalyst (September 08, 2011) Hospital Accountability Director Jessica Curtis discusses opportunities that the ACA affords for building and strengthening connections between non-profit hospitals and their communities.
- Georgia Health News: High CEO Pay Common at Hospitals Statewide (August 31, 2011) Georgia hospital CEOs are highly paid, however, the state has no specific requirements hospitals must meet in order to receive tax-exempt status, saving the hospital millions in tax breaks. This issue is cause for conversation in the community, especially during the economic downturn, says Jessica Curtis Hospital Accountability Project Director.
- Kaiser Health News: As Hospitals Push ERs, States' Medicaid Budgets Pressured (August 24, 2011) States are attempting to curb high emergency room use of people on Medicaid, while hospitals are are increasing emergency room marketing.
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Charity-care hospital regulations scrutinized (August 08, 2011) Georgia, like 35 other states, has no specific community benefit requirements for hospitals to meet in order to maintain tax-exempt status. The Affordable Care Act requires non-profit hospitals to conduct an assessment of community health needs.