What Makes A Hospital "Charitable?": Billing and Collection Issues for Charitable Hospitals Post Health Reform

Becker's Hospital Review

August 4, 2010

Buried in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a section entitled simply, "Additional Requirements For Charitable Hospitals." This section revokes a charitable hospital's tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 if the hospital fails to meet any of the following four specific requirements.