Can you believe how much content comes across your desk each day regarding Health System Reform?
In the months since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was enacted, organizations have been inundated with law and consulting firm client advisories, articles and seminars—all focused on summarizing the new health care reform law. But to what extent have those articles and seminars provided a clear plan of action. Well I think I found a document that was worth the read. It’s an implementation checklist for hospitals from McDermott Will & Emery and you can find it here.
I found this to be a well assembled document and was intrigued by the first section that tackled an issue of Tax Exempt Status and the new Section 501(R) which imposes additional requirements that hospitals and other organizations whose operations include hospital operations must satisfy in order to continue to meet the standards for tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3). The additional requirements imposed on a hospital by new IRC Section 501(r) include those relating to (a) periodic conduct of a “Community Health Needs Assessment.”
Did you know that MCHC recently conducted a market wide Community Needs Assessment and that our program offers hospitals the ability to drill down by zip code? Contact Mike Dermont to learn more at mdermont@mchc.com.

