• What Are Hospital Community Benefits 

  The Hilltop Institute (The Hilltop Institute, 2016-06-01)

  This fact sheet explains hospital community benefits—initiatives and activities undertaken by nonprofit hospitals to improve health in the communities they serve—in the context of the federal framework as well as the state ...

• Hospital Community Benefits after the ACA: Trends in State Community Benefit Legislation, November 2015 – May 2016 

  Inniss, Blair; Tan, Brenna; Woodcock, Cynthia H. (The Hilltop Institute, 2016-06)

  This issue brief, the thirteenth in a series, addresses Hilltop’s latest update of the Community Benefit State Law Profiles to reflect new community benefit legislation enacted between November 1, 2015, and May 31, 2016. ...

• Community Benefit State Law Profiles A 50-State Survey of State Community Benefit Laws through the Lens of the ACA 

  The Hilltop Institute (The Hilltop Institute, 2016-06)

  The Hilltop Institute’s Community Benefit State Law Profiles (Profiles) present a comprehensive analysis of each state’s community benefit landscape as defined by its laws, regulations, tax exemptions, and, in some cases, ...

• Hospital Community Benefits after the ACA Trends in State Community Benefit Legislation, January-October 2015 

  Nelson, Gayle D.; Woodcock, Cynthia H. (The Hilltop Institute, 2015-11)

  This issue brief, the twelfth in a series, addresses Hilltop’s latest update of the Community Benefit State Law Profiles to reflect new community benefit legislation enacted between January 1, 2015, and October 31, 2015. ...

• Federal Requirements for Tax-Exempt Hospitals: the IRS Final Rules 

  Nelson, Gayle D. (2015-06-26)

  Hilltop Hospital Community Benefit Program Director Gayle D. Nelson, JD, gave this presentation at a Payers and Providers webinar titled The New Era: Hospital Community Benefits & Patient Financial Assistance on June ...

• Hospital Community Benefits after the ACA Leveraging Hospital Community Benefit Policy to Improve Community Health 

  Woodcock, Cynthia H.; Nelson, Gayle D. (The Hilltop Institute, 2015-06)

  This is the eleventh issue brief in a series published by the Hospital Community Benefit Program. This brief discusses the fact that payment reform focusing on value and quality is driving change that is redefining the ...

• Hospital Community Benefits after the ACA State Law Changes and Promotion of Community Health 

  Nelson, Gayle D.; Mueller, Carl H.; Wells, Teneil K.; Boddie-Willis, Cynthia L.; Woodcock, Cynthia H. (The Hilltop Institute, 2015-02)

  This is the tenth issue brief in a series published by the Hospital Community Benefit Program. This brief examines state-level community benefit oversight by studying specific changes to community benefit statutes, ...

• Leveraging Hospital Community Benefit Requirements 

  Nelson, Gayle (The Hilltop Institute, 2014-10-08)

  Hilltop Hospital Community Benefit Program Director Gayle Nelson gave this presentation at the National Academy for State Health Policy’s 27th Annual State Health Policy Conference on October 8, 2014, in Atlanta, Georgia. ...

• Hospital Community Benefit: A Policy Lever for States 

  Nelson, Gayle D. (The Hilltop Institute, 2014-08-27)

  Hilltop Hospital Community Benefit Program Director Gayle D. Nelson, JD, MPH, gave this presentation to the steering committee of the Milbank Memorial Fund-supported Reforming States Group (RSG) at their meeting in Chicago, ...

• Hospital Community Benefits after the ACA Addressing Social and Economic Factors that Shape Health 

  Nelson, Gayle D.; Skopac, Jessica S.; Mueller, Carl H.; Wells, Teneil K.; Boddie-Willis, Cynthia L. (The Hilltop Institute, 2014-05)

  This is the ninth issue brief in a series released by Hilltop’s Hospital Community Benefit Program. This brief continues the program’s examination of state-level community benefit oversight by focusing on the ten states ...

• Hospital Community Benefits after the ACA: Present Posture, Future Challenge 

  Somerville, Martha H.; Nelson, Gayle D.; Mueller, Carl H.; Boddie‐Willis, Cynthia L. (The Hilltop Institute, 2013-10)

  This is the eighth issue brief in a series published by Hilltop’s Hospital Community Benefit Program. This brief focuses on updating significant points concerning community health needs assessment (CHNA) and other aspects ...

• Hospital Community Benefits after the ACA: Policy Implications of the State Law Landscape 

  Nelson, Gayle D.; Somerville, Martha H.; Mueller, Carl H.; Boddie-Willis, Cynthia L. (The Hilltop Institute, 2013-09)

  This is the seventh issue brief in a series released by Hilltop’s Hospital Community Benefit Program. This brief is a companion to the online tool, Community Benefit State Law Profiles, and presents the Profiles’ findings ...

• Community Health Needs Assessment: Legal Requirements, Practical Opportunities 

  Somerville, Martha H. (The Hilltop Institute, 2013-06-25)

  At the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting on June 25, 2013, in Baltimore, Maryland, Hospital Community Benefit Program Director Martha H. Somerville, JD, MPH, delivered a panel discussion. Her presentation addressed ...

• Community Benefit State Law Profiles 

  Somerville, Martha H.; Nelson, Gayle D.; Mueller, Carl H.; Boddie‐Willis, Cynthia L. (The Hilltop Institute, 2013-06-23)

  At the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting on June 23, 2013, in Baltimore, Maryland, Hospital Community Benefit Program Director Martha H. Somerville, JD, MPH, and Policy Analyst Gayle Nelson, JD, MPH, gave a poster ...

• Community Health Needs Assessment: A Tool for Improving Community Health 

  Nelson, Gayle D. (The Hilltop Institute, 2013-05-30)

  Hilltop Hospital Community Benefit Program Policy Analyst Gayle D. Nelson, JD, MPH, gave a presentation at a National Association of Counties (NaCo) webinar titled “Using the Community Health Needs Assessment to Inform ...

• Driving Health Equity through Public Policy: Hospital Community Benefits 

  Somerville, Martha H. (The Hilltop Institute, 2013-04-22)

  Hilltop Hospital Community Benefit Program Director Martha H. Somerville, JD, MPH, gave a presentation at an Institute of Medicine (IOM) workshop titled Achieving Health Equity via the Affordable Care Act: Promises, ...

• Hospital Community Benefits after the ACA: The State Law Landscape 

  Somerville, Martha H.; Nelson, Gayle D.; Mueller, Carl H. (The Hilltop Institute, 2013-03)

  This is the sixth issue brief in a series released by Hilltop’s Hospital Community Benefit Program. This brief is a companion to the online tool, Community Benefit State Law Profiles, and presents the Profiles’ findings ...

• Hospital Community Benefits after the ACA: Schedule H and Hospital Community Benefit—Opportunities and Challenges for the States 

  Barnett, Kevin; Somerville, Martha H. (The Hilltop Institute, 2012-10)

  This issue brief, the fourth in a series published by Hilltop’s Hospital Community Benefit Program, is a collaboration between Kevin Barnett, DrPH, MCP, Senior Investigator at the Public Health Institute, and Martha ...

• Hospital Community Benefits after the ACA: Community Building and the Root Causes of Poor Health 

  Somerville, Martha H.; Nelson, Gayle D.; Mueller, Carl H.; Boddie-Willis, Cynthia L.; Folkemer, Donna C. (The Hilltop Institute, 2012-10)

  This is the fifth issue brief in a series released by Hilltop’s Hospital Community Benefit Program. It discusses hospital community building activities and their importance in addressing the root causes of poor health and ...

• Community Benefit in Context: Evolution to ACA §9007 

  Somerville, Martha H. (The Hilltop Institute, 2012-06-21)

  Hilltop Hospital Community Benefit Program Director Martha H. Somerville, JD, MPH, presented at the American Health Lawyers Association’s June 21, 2012, webinar titled Protecting Tax Exemption Under the ACA: Exploring New ...

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