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Nov 20, 2018

After the Elections: What’s Next? A Look at Social and Economic Health Determinants

Here are three key ways health care advocates can help the health care system engage proactively on SDOH [ Blog ]

Oct 23, 2018

The Takeaway: Who Are You Going To Believe, Me Or Your Own (Lying) Eyes?

In the past week we have seen Republican leaders such as the President and Senate Majority Leader along with many House and Senate candidates take to the media to try to persuade the public that they will protect people with pre-existing conditions. [ Blog ]

Aug 28, 2018

Did Patrick Soon-Shiong’s high-tech gamble help bring 6 hospitals to the brink? | POLITICO

Jessica Curtis, Senior Advisor, Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation, is quoted in a POLITICO article about California's financially troubled Verity Health System, and its hospitals' failure to meet state-mandated charity care obligations. [ News Clip ]

Apr 10, 2018

What Happens When a Hospital Sells Its Debt? | Marketplace

Community Catalyst Deputy Director Sue Sherry talked to Marketplace about what happens when a hospital sells its debt – under consideration in Cook County, Illinois – cautioning that the practice is bad for consumers. [ News Clip ]

Jan 22, 2018

State tells hospitals to notify patients of charity care status | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Jessica Curtis, a senior adviser with Community Catalyst, talks to the Post-Gazette about a recent development on charity care in Pennsylvania. [ News Clip ]

Jan 10, 2018

The Hits Keep on Coming - Medicaid Expansion Helps Rural Hospitals Stay Open

This blog is part of a series highlighting recent research illustrating various benefits of expanding Medicaid - from improving health and state budget savings to reducing rates of uninsurance and uncompensated care costs. [ Blog ]

Oct 26, 2016

New Report Finds Little Evidence of the Impact of Massachusetts Hospital Community Benefit Investments

Report recommends increased coordination and transparency and redirection of resources to address social and economic needs of communities. [ Press Release ]

Aug 01, 2016

Pennsylvania hospitals lag other states in share of charity care for the poor

Hospital Accountability Project Senior Advisor Jessica Curtis, and Program Director Phillip González weigh in on charity-care within Pennsylvania's hospital network. [ News Clip ]

Jun 09, 2016

Existing State Hospital Oversight Inadequate for Era of Hospital Consolidation, Closures

The hospital landscape in this country is changing rapidly. Hospitals are consolidating, with mergers and acquisitions jumping from 66 in 2010 to 112 in 2015, an increased pace that is continuing in 2016. Regional and national health systems are ... [ Blog ]

Jun 02, 2016

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: When a nonprofit health system outsources its ER, debt collectors follow

Jessica Curtis of Community Catalyst's Hospital Accountability Project quoted in article about wave of medical debt collection lawsuits in St. Louis, after health system outsourced its emergency department operations. [ News Clip ]

May 25, 2016

Money, Money, Money, Money: Unpacking New Data on Hospital Profitability and Pricing

A recent Health Affairs study on hospital profitability has been garnering national press attention for finding that seven of the “Top 10” most profitable hospitals were non-profits. These findings will likely reverberate in states where po... [ Blog ]

Jul 06, 2015

A Review of Georgia Nonprofit Hospital Community Health Needs Assessments

At Community Catalyst we are often asked for lessons or insights into the Community Health Needs Assessments that non-profit hospitals have been generating. We are in regular communication with several groups around the country who are monitoring CHNAs. [ Blog ]

Georgia

Piedmont HealthCare System

Piedmont HealthCare System's mission is to Provide Excellent and Innovative Medical Care and Service.

Massachusetts

Boston Alliance for Community Health

Massachusetts Public Health Association

Massachsetts Association of Community Development Corporations

Partners for a Healthier Community

Partners for a Healthier Community is working with the Center for Public Policy and Administration at the University of Massachusetts, the Center for Popular Economics and several local organizations, businesses and non-profits to create entry-level jobs in low-income neighborhoods to ultimately improve residents’ health.

Minnesota

Waite House Community Center

New York

Northwest Bronx Communuity

Oregon

Oregon Health Equity Alliance

Opportunities at the Intersection of Health and Housing

This PowerPoint presentation was shared on a May 11, 2016 learning community call on the intersections of health and housing, featuring speakers from Community Catalyst, the National Housing Conference, and Children’s Health Watch/Boston Medical Center. [ Publication ]

Collaborating to Address Community Health Needs: The Greater Waterbury Health Improvement Partnership

This guest blog from the Greater Waterbury Health Improvement Partnership provides an overview of their collaborative approach to their Community Health Needs Assessment, using resources from the Centers for Disease Control’s CHI Navigator. [ Publication ]

Hospital Financial Assistance Policies: A Quick Reference Guide

This checklist highlights key legal requirements and policy considerations under the ACA for drafting or evaluating a hospital financial assistance policy (FAP) and can be used by hospital staff, advocates and others interested in FAPs. [ Resource ]

Letter to the IRS on Social and Economic Determinants of Health and Hospital Community Benefit

Community Catalyst’s comment letter to the IRS that supports revising the Form 990 Schedule H so that “community health improvement services” include efforts to address the social and economic determinants of health — including housing. [ Comment Letter ]

Community Benefit: Tools and Resources to Get Involved with Non-profit Hospitals to Address Unmet Community Health Needs

These resources will provide some initial guidance to advocates and community-based organizations as they navigate through the community benefit planning process that non-profit hospitals are required to undertake in exchange for their tax-exempt status. [ Publication ]

Community Benefit and Economic Development

This fact sheet compares how “community benefit” is typically used in the economic development and healthcare contexts. [ Resource ]

Free Care Compendium

Community Catalyst’s Free Care Compendium summarizes the free care laws and regulations in each of the fifty states. The Compendium also includes national snapshot of regulatory and legislative trends across the states. [ Resource ]

Hilltop Institute Hospital Community Benefit Program

Tools for state and local health departments, hospital regulators, legislators, revenue collection and budgeting agencies, and hospitals, as these stakeholders work toward a more accessible, coordinated, and effective community health system. [ Resource ]

Community Health Needs Assessment

The CHNA toolkit is a free web-based platform to assist hospitals, non-profit organizations, state and local health departments, financial institutions, and other organizations seeking to better understand the needs and assets of their communities [ Resource ]

Elevating Communities, Consumers in Hospital Engagement

After the Elections: What’s Next? A Look at Social and Economic Health Determinants

The Takeaway: Who Are You Going To Believe, Me Or Your Own (Lying) Eyes?

Did Patrick Soon-Shiong’s high-tech gamble help bring 6 hospitals to the brink? | POLITICO

What Happens When a Hospital Sells Its Debt? | Marketplace

State tells hospitals to notify patients of charity care status | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Hits Keep on Coming - Medicaid Expansion Helps Rural Hospitals Stay Open

New Report Finds Little Evidence of the Impact of Massachusetts Hospital Community Benefit Investments

Pennsylvania hospitals lag other states in share of charity care for the poor

Existing State Hospital Oversight Inadequate for Era of Hospital Consolidation, Closures

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: When a nonprofit health system outsources its ER, debt collectors follow

Money, Money, Money, Money: Unpacking New Data on Hospital Profitability and Pricing

A Review of Georgia Nonprofit Hospital Community Health Needs Assessments

Georgia

Massachusetts

Minnesota

New York

Oregon

Opportunities at the Intersection of Health and Housing

Collaborating to Address Community Health Needs: The Greater Waterbury Health Improvement Partnership

Hospital Financial Assistance Policies: A Quick Reference Guide

Letter to the IRS on Social and Economic Determinants of Health and Hospital Community Benefit

Community Benefit: Tools and Resources to Get Involved with Non-profit Hospitals to Address Unmet Community Health Needs

Community Benefit and Economic Development

Free Care Compendium

Hilltop Institute Hospital Community Benefit Program

Community Health Needs Assessment

Protecting Consumers, Encouraging Community Dialogue: Reform’s New Requirements for Non-Profit Hospitals Factsheet

Community Benefit Model Act – Commentary

Community Benefit Model Act

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What Does the Affordable Care Act Say about Hospital Bills?

Hospital Financial Assistance Policies: A Quick Reference Guide

Community Benefit: Tools and Resources to Get Involved with Non-profit Hospitals to Address Unmet Community Health Needs

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Jessica Curtis, project director, testifies at US Senate HELP Committee Field Hearing

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