Title: Speaker name
1Minnesota Hospitals Community Benefits
DATE HERE
Speaker name
www.mnhospitals.org
2What are Community Benefits? Programs or
activities that . . .
- Provide treatment or promote health, and generate
little profit or lose money - Respond to needs of low income or underserved
populations
3Programs or activities that . . .
- Would not be provided or relieve government or
other nonprofits - Respond to public health needs or
- Support education or research that furthers
community health.
4MHA 2006 Report
- First in Minnesota
- Survey of hospitals
- Narratives
- Economic impact study
- MN Dept. of Employment Economic Development
(DEED)
5Data from 115 hospitals
6Community benefitsBy the numbers
- Charity care 122 million
- Medicaid 421 million
- Costs in excess of payments 331 million
- Medicaid surcharge 90 million
- MNCare tax 146 million
7Total CHA/VHA benefits
- 988 million
- 8.2 of operating expenses
8Other community contributions
- Other uncompensated
- care (bad debt) 230 million
- Costs in excess of
- Medicare payments 917 million
- Taxes (property, fees in lieu) 19 million
9Total community benefits contributions
- 2.2 billion
- 18.3 of operating expenses
10How MN hospitals stack up
11Local Hospital Info
- (Consider including examples of specific local
programs.)
12Local data continues
- (If you want to include your data compared to
the state or region, MHA can provide that
analysis for you. )
13 14Economic impact in MN
- 107,661 jobs in hospitals
- 193,842 direct and indirect jobs
- 7.3 of all employment
- Average 1.8 jobs for every 1 hospital job
15Economic impact, cont.
- 5 billion in hospital wages
- 7.7 billion direct and indirect wages
- 2.5 billion in goods and services
16Total impact on MN economy
17Local hospital information
18MDH study on community benefits and charity care
- Focused on charity care and community benefit
practices - Mandated by legislature
- Looked at three-year trend
- Conclusion Minnesota hospitals provide 125
million more in community benefits than the value
of their tax-exempt status.
19- Next slide section for Board of Directors
20Role for trusteesCommunity representatives
- Demonstrate awareness of needs
- Assessment
- Public meetings, hearings
- Identify express perceived needs
- Outreach efforts
21Role for trusteesTalk, talk, talk
- Legislators
- Civic leaders, county commissioners, city council
- Chamber, business leaders
- Schools
- Nonprofit organizations
- Neighbors
- Kids
- Pets
22Role for trusteesWhat to say?
- Your hospital is . . .
- Nonprofit charity or public
- Dedicated to serving community
- Engaged in community benefit activities
(describe, list, examples, costs) - Vital to economic strength of community
- Always looking for ways to better provide for
community
23More information
- www.mnhospitals.org
- .pdf version of report
- PowerPoint presentations
- Public relations tools
- Examples of community benefit programs
- add contact info here