Schedule H : new community benefit reporting requirements for hospitals NHPF background paper Economics, Hospital Hospitals, Voluntary -- economics Taxes Uncompensated Care -- economics In recent years, some policymakers have questioned whether not-for-profit hospitals benefit the communities they serve at a level commensurate with the tax exemptions they receive as charitable organizations. This background paper reviews the new community benefit reporting requirements hospitals will face in 2009 under Schedule H of the Internal Revenue Service's revised Form 990 (the return used by organizations exempt from federal income tax). The paper provides a descriptive summary of the quantitative and qualitative information to be reported on Schedule H, such as charity care, bad debt, and the unreimbursed costs of Medicaid and Medicare. Washington, D.C. : George Washington University, [2009] Salinsky, Eileen. George Washington University. National Health Policy Forum. Technical Report Text Illustrations 25 p. nlm:nlmuid-101512510-pdf 101512510 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101512510 English United States The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0