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  • Economic Stability Grants
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  • Transporting Breast Milk
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  • Screening and Post Discharge/Care Management Services for Hospital’s Low-Income Patients
  • Residential Facilities for Patients and Families
  • Providing Access to Post-Acute Care for Homeless and Uninsured
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  • Cancer Registries
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  • Applying for Guardianship
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  • Treating Opioid Addiction
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  • Fast Track Clinic Expenses
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  • Is it Marketing?
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  • Reporting Telemedicine/Telehealth Programs and Activities
  • IT Costs
  • Expense of Grant Writing
  • Counting Persons Served
  • Changing Target Populations of Current Community Benefit Programs
  • Splitting Costs between Community Benefit and Marketing
  • Reporting Restricted Grants
  • Reporting Program with No Expenses
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  • Reporting Costs of Program Evaluation
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  • Attending Workshops
  • Workforce Development — Shadowing
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  • Exploring Health Careers
  • Ebola Planning and Preparations
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  • Child Day Care
  • Chamber of Commerce
  • Advocacy
  • Voter Registration Education
  • School and Team Sports
  • Scholarships for Pediatric Cancer Survivors
  • Scholarships for Health Professions Education
  • PILOTS/SILOTS
  • Parking
  • Medical Respite Program
  • Hospital Volunteers' Time
  • Funds Raised by Hospital Auxiliary Groups
  • Fundraising and Sponsorship Events
  • Funds and Services Donated by One Organization to Another
  • Free Telemedicine Services to Community Hospitals
  • Foreign Poverty Tours/Medical Missions
  • Grants
  • Employee Time and Fund-Raising Costs
  • Employee Participation in Professional Organizations
  • Employee Paid Volunteer Hours
  • Employee and Physician Time
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Donation to Endowment Fund for School for the Deaf
  • Donations to Employees
  • Donations on Behalf of Employees
  • Donated Space
  • Donated Hospital Services — Lab, Radiology, Pharmacy
  • Donated Food
  • Donated Equipment/Supplies — Locally & Globally
  • Contributions to Statewide Nonprofit Insurance Organization
  • Contribution for School Movement Program
  • Contribution for Fireworks Display
  • Community Benefit or Community Building Donations
  • Cash Contribution Outside Community
  • Breast Milk Bank
  • Blood Drives
  • Attending Meetings
  • Ambulance Service
  • After Prom Donations
  • Reporting Costs of Clinical Trials
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  • Reporting Research Partially Funded by For-Profit
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  • Clinical Pastoral Education
  • Can we always report the cost of health professional education?
  • Allied Health Professions
  • Tree Planting
  • Sustainable Farming
  • Purchasing and Supplier Diversity
  • Providing Place for Exercise/Play
  • Physician Recruitment
  • Human Trafficking Education and Response
  • Food Policy/Leadership Councils
  • Food Pantry
  • Educating Hospitals About Successful Environmental Practices
  • Economic Stability Grants
  • Community-wide Quality Improvement/Care Coordination Efforts
  • Community Benefit or Community Building Activity
  • Advocacy on Behalf of Special Needs Children
  • Transporting Breast Milk
  • Transportation
  • Support Group
  • Screening and Post Discharge/Care Management Services for Hospital’s Low-Income Patients
  • Residential Facilities for Patients and Families
  • Providing Access to Post-Acute Care for Homeless and Uninsured
  • Paying for Low-Income Patient Burial Costs
  • Paying for Care in Outside Facility
  • Paying Expenses on Behalf of Individuals
  • Pastoral Care Programs
  • PACE Housing
  • Nurse Navigators
  • Lifeline Services
  • Interpreter (oral)/Translation (written) Services
  • Genetic Counseling
  • Enrollment Assistance
  • Drug Donation Program
  • Connecting Patients to Community Resources (e.g. Health Leads)
  • Charity Tracker
  • Catholic Mass Open to Community
  • Car Seat Safety Program
  • Cancer Registries
  • Building a Sports Complex
  • Bereavement Support Remembrance Services
  • Baby Supplies for New Mothers
  • Applying for Guardianship
  • Accreditation and Licensure
  • Treating Opioid Addiction
  • Sports Medicine Center
  • Immunizations for Patients
  • Health Promotion for Long-Term Care Residents
  • Fast Track Clinic Expenses
  • Employer Screenings
  • Employee Health Promotion
  • COVID-19 Vaccinations
  • Community Immunization
  • Support Groups
  • Regarding Give-Aways
  • Program T-shirts and Accessories
  • Patient Surgical Education Classes
  • Media Outreach Programs
  • Lactation Services
  • Is it Marketing?
  • Inpatient Tobacco Cessation Consultation
  • Hospital Website Provides Public Health Information
  • Health Fairs/Screenings
  • Forensic Processes
  • Competition to Increase Awareness of Mental Illness
  • Community Health Resource Center
  • Community Awareness/Education
  • Advanced Directives
  • Addressing Hospital Industry Hazards and Injuries
  • Timing of CHNA to be reported on Schedule H
  • Using Other Organizations CHNAs
  • Reporting the Cost of CHNAs
  • Reporting Telemedicine/Telehealth Programs and Activities
  • IT Costs
  • Expense of Grant Writing
  • Counting Persons Served
  • Changing Target Populations of Current Community Benefit Programs
  • Splitting Costs between Community Benefit and Marketing
  • Reporting Restricted Grants
  • Reporting Program with No Expenses
  • Lost Revenue
  • Joint Ventures and For-Profit Entities
  • Indirect Costs
  • Capital Costs
  • Reporting Costs of Program Evaluation
  • IT Initiatives Supporting Community Benefit
  • Grant Applications
  • Director of Indigent Funding
  • Community Benefit Report
  • Attending Workshops
  • Workforce Development — Shadowing
  • Solar Farms
  • Socially Responsible Investing
  • Recruiting for Clinical Laboratory Personnel
  • Literacy Program
  • Income Tax Assistance Program
  • Hiring and Training Handicapped Workers
  • Green Purchasing
  • Exploring Health Careers
  • Ebola Planning and Preparations
  • Disaster Preparedness
  • Coronavirus Planning and Preparations
  • Child Day Care
  • Chamber of Commerce
  • Advocacy
  • Reporting Costs of Clinical Trials
  • Reporting Research that is Fully Funded
  • Reporting Research Partially Funded by For-Profit
  • Reporting Research Costs When Results Not Published
  • Quality Assurance or Research
  • Physician Research Presentations
  • Institutional Review Boards
  • What Qualifies as a Subsidized Service?
  • Telemonitoring
  • Telehealth Services
  • Specialty Hospital Services
  • Services for Veterans
  • Paying Physicians to Serve Low Income/Uninsured
  • Paying Physicians to be On-Call
  • Palliative Care
  • PACE
  • Organ Harvesting
  • Morgue Services
  • Medical Practices
  • Mammograms
  • Hospital Losing Money
  • Hospital Departments
  • Hospice
  • Home Care
  • Ground Ambulance Service
  • Facility-Based Clinics
  • Emergency Services
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Training Trauma Nurses
  • Time Working with Health Professions Students
  • Student Supervision
  • Scholarships
  • Physician Time in Health Profession Education
  • Physician Residents/Student Time
  • Physician Education/CME programs
  • Nursing Schools
  • Long-Term Care Administrator Internships
  • Libraries
  • Interns (Non-Physician)
  • Housing Costs
  • Grand Rounds
  • Cost of Time Spent by Instructors
  • Clinical Pastoral Education
  • Can we always report the cost of health professional education?
  • Allied Health Professions
  • Tree Planting
  • Sustainable Farming
  • Purchasing and Supplier Diversity
  • Providing Place for Exercise/Play
  • Physician Recruitment
  • Human Trafficking Education and Response
  • Food Policy/Leadership Councils
  • Food Pantry
  • Educating Hospitals About Successful Environmental Practices
  • Economic Stability Grants
  • Community-wide Quality Improvement/Care Coordination Efforts
  • Community Benefit or Community Building Activity
  • Advocacy on Behalf of Special Needs Children
  • Transporting Breast Milk
  • Transportation
  • Support Group
  • Screening and Post Discharge/Care Management Services for Hospital’s Low-Income Patients
  • Residential Facilities for Patients and Families
  • Providing Access to Post-Acute Care for Homeless and Uninsured
  • Paying for Low-Income Patient Burial Costs
  • Paying for Care in Outside Facility
  • Paying Expenses on Behalf of Individuals
  • Pastoral Care Programs
  • PACE Housing
  • Nurse Navigators
  • Lifeline Services
  • Interpreter (oral)/Translation (written) Services
  • Genetic Counseling
  • Enrollment Assistance
  • Drug Donation Program
  • Connecting Patients to Community Resources (e.g. Health Leads)
  • Charity Tracker
  • Catholic Mass Open to Community
  • Car Seat Safety Program
  • Cancer Registries
  • Building a Sports Complex
  • Bereavement Support Remembrance Services
  • Baby Supplies for New Mothers
  • Applying for Guardianship
  • Accreditation and Licensure
  • Treating Opioid Addiction
  • Sports Medicine Center
  • Immunizations for Patients
  • Health Promotion for Long-Term Care Residents
  • Fast Track Clinic Expenses
  • Employer Screenings
  • Employee Health Promotion
  • COVID-19 Vaccinations
  • Community Immunization
  • Support Groups
  • Regarding Give-Aways
  • Program T-shirts and Accessories
  • Patient Surgical Education Classes
  • Media Outreach Programs
  • Lactation Services
  • Is it Marketing?
  • Inpatient Tobacco Cessation Consultation
  • Hospital Website Provides Public Health Information
  • Health Fairs/Screenings
  • Forensic Processes
  • Competition to Increase Awareness of Mental Illness
  • Community Health Resource Center
  • Community Awareness/Education
  • Advanced Directives
  • Addressing Hospital Industry Hazards and Injuries
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What Counts as Community Benefit

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Community Benefit Guide

CHA's A Guide for Planning and Reporting Community Benefit provides a comprehensive framework for health care organizations desiring to develop a strategic approach to planning, delivering and reporting on community benefit programs. The Guide also includes guidelines for reporting on the IRS Form 990, Schedule H as well as valuable information from community benefit and public health professionals about leading practices in community health improvement.

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