Nonprofit hospitals impact the health and well-being of their communities in many ways.  Community benefit is a well-defined set of activities, with specific categories that have detailed definitions and specific accounting guidelines that are well described by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and CHA.

The purpose of this webinar is to review guidelines from the IRS Form 990, Schedule H Instructions and CHA's A Guide for Planning and Reporting Community Benefit, including:

• Criteria for what counts (and what doesn’t count) as community benefit
• Categories of community benefit
• Principles for measuring, reporting, and accounting for community benefit

The presenters will address recent questions submitted to the CHA’s What Counts Hotline. Time will also be provided for a question-and-answer session with participants.

Who should attend: 

• Hospital and health care staff in community benefit, mission, community health, communications, finance/tax, compliance, legal, leadership
• Advocates, researchers, and policymakers focused on not-for-profit hospital community benefit and finance/tax.

Resources:

• A Guide to Planning and Reporting Community Benefit
• IRS Form 990, Schedule H Instructions
• Community Benefit & Other Tax-Exempt Hospital Requirements Reference Guide
• Community Benefit Categories Reference Guide
• Community Benefit Videos

Presenters

Rocco Gonzalez, MPH, CPH
Integrated Health and Social Care Informatics Director
Mercy

Abraham Gossai
Sr. Financial Analyst, Community Health, Shared Service
Providence Community Health - Torrance

Trina Hackensmith
Vice President
Lyon Software

Fawn Preuss, MPH
Region Director, Community Health & Benefits - South Region, Mission
CommonSpirit Health

Nancy Zuech Lim, MPH. BSN
Director, Community Health Improvement
Catholic Health Association of the United States

The webinar is provided for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered tax or legal advice.

This program is non-refundable.