Nonprofit Hospitals & the Provision of Community Benefits

December 6, 2006 Nonprofit Hospitals & the Provision of Community Benefits Non-profit hospitals receive various tax exemptions from federal, state, and local governments with the expectation that, in return, they will provide benefits to the community. The Congressional Budget Office examined several measures of community benefits provided by hospitals of different ownership types in 2002-2003. Nonprofit hospitals were compared with for-profit hospitals, which do not receive tax exemptions. The analysis focuses primarily on differences in the provision of uncompensated care but also examines the provision of Medicaid-covered services and the provision of certain specialized services, such . . .