Healthcare

QUESTION 1:

Community Benefit Requirement

Locate and review a hospital or health system’s Community Benefit Report.  Based on this week’s readings and your own research, briefly define and analyze Community Benefit”, differentiating between federal and state requirements.  Based on your assessment, is Community Benefit is valid construct,  or does it measure what health services organizations already do?

QUESTION 2

In 2010, the state of Illinois revoked the real estate tax exemption of Provena Health.  How would you measure whether your community benefit strategy is working?  Be specific.

Use 3 references for each question and in-text citation