The American Hospital Association has asked the Internal Revenue Service to improve Schedule H to allow hospitals to report their community benefit on a consolidated basis, according to a report in AHA News Now.
In a letter to the IRS, officials from AHA said the only way to assure reliable data for non-profit hospitals that are part of a multi-hospital system is to allow them to file a Schedule H on a consolidated hospital basis, which would be in line with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Read the AHA News Now report on consolidated hospital community benefit reporting.