Community benefit is at the heart of the mission of Catholic and other not-for-profit health care organizations. It is also a legal mandate for tax-exempt hospitals. A systematic approach to community benefit programming demonstrates faithfulness to mission and promotes accountability to communities and policymakers
2008 Community Benefit Audioconferences:
Community Benefit - What Counts?
June 4, 2008
Noon-1:30 p.m. ET
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Summary
As not-for-profit health care organizations prepare to report their community benefit activities using the revised IRS Form 990, it will be critical to understand how to determine whether an activity is a true community benefit. This audioconference will describe criteria that organizations can use to assess whether an activity should count as a community benefit.
The audioconference will be led by Keith Hearle, President of Verité Healthcare Consulting. In 1989, Mr. Hearle designed the accounting framework for CHA's Social Accountability Budget, which provided the first comprehensive guidance for hospitals to account for their community benefit activities. Hearle recently helped CHA update the accounting framework and the original worksheets. The new Schedule H, part of the revised Form 990, incorporates some of these worksheets. He is currently working with the IRS on the Schedule H guidelines. Recent questions from CHA's What Counts E-mail Hotline will also be discussed.
Additional program information.
Registration Fees for all community benefit audioconferences
Member Registrants: $25
Member Registrants are persons employed by or serving in governance of a CHA-member organization and that organization is paying or reimbursing them for their registration fees.
Ministry Partner Registrants: $30
Ministry Partner Registrants are persons employed by or serving in governance of an organization, other than a CHA member, that is listed in the Official Catholic Directory, and that organization is paying or reimbursing them for their registration fees.
Others: $40
Other Registrants are persons who are not Member Registrants or Ministry Partner Registrants.
Notices: During a CHA audioconference you may be recorded by CHA staff or its designated contractor. By your attendance or participation in an audioconference, you agree that CHA may record and/or distribute in any such form your participation and involvement in the audioconference. No persons or organizations other than CHA or its designated contractor may audiotape any portion of the audioconference without prior written permission of CHA. CHA reserves the right to change speakers or to modify program content.
Visit CHA's online resource catalog to order copies of past community benefit audioconferences and webcasts.