AHA: Schedule. filings will provide clearer picture of community benefit. (cover story)

AMERICAN Hospital Association 051064566 ; UNITED States. Internal Revenue Service

This article reveals that the U.S. Congress is being urged by the American Hospital Association (AHA) to reject efforts to change the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) community benefit standard for tax-exempt hospitals. There is a need for lawmakers to review hospitals' community benefit information that will be included in their Schedule H filings in 2010, the AHA says. There is a concern among non-profit hospital leaders over proposals to codify charity care standards. AHA is optimistic about efforts to simplify the health care payment system.