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Community Benefit Resources

• Value of Community Benefits Provided by Illinois Hospitals (May 2008)
   
• AHA's Community Connections Case Example Booklet Highlights IHA Member Hospitals (Jan. 2008)
   
• Associations Challenge Assessor's Valuation of Tax-Exempt Hospitals in Cook County (11/6/07)
   
• Care in Action: How the People and Programs of America's Tax-Exempt Hospitals Benefit Their Communities Every Day (AHA, Oct. 2007)
   
• Underpayment by Medicare and Medicaid Fact Sheet (American Hospital Association - Oct. 2007)
   
• Uncompensated Hospital Care Cost Fact Sheet (American Hospital Association - Oct. 2007)
   
• IHA Letter to Sen. Grassley re: Tax-Exempt Hospitals (10/5/07)
  - U.S. Senate Committee on Finance - Minority Staff Draft Paper on Tax-Exempt Hospitals
   
• Caring for Their Communities: A Comprehensive Report on the Community Benefits Provided by Tax-Exempt Hospitals in the Metropolitan Chicago Region (Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, 8/07)
   
• Press Release: Illinois Hospitals Contribute Billions in Benefits to Their Communities (3/16/07)
  - Illinois Hospitals - Helping Their Communities: It's About More Than Just the Numbers
   
• AHA Sends Report on Community Benefit to the IRS (AHA News Now, Nov. 27, 2006)
   
• AHA Guidance on Reporting of Community Benefit
   
• Beyond Health Care: The Economic Contribution of Hospitals (AHA, July 2006 Update)
   
• Association for Community Health Improvements
  The Association for Community Health Improvements provides tools and methods to improve community benefit practices.
   
• Catholic Health Association of the United States
  One of the forerunners in developing community benefits reporting, the Catholic Health Association of the United States’ web site provides access to their guidelines and books.
   
• Lyon Software
  Community Benefits/Social Accountability Software developed in conjunction with CHAUSA guidelines.

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