Community Benefit Contacts
- Linda Lang, MBA, Director of Strategic Initiatives
- Andy Van Pelt, MBA, Director of Communications
Your hospital’s community benefit activity is critical to the health of their patients and the communities they serve. In 2008, hospitals began collecting and demonstrating their community benefit activity through the state Community Benefit Reporting Program.
Community benefits are clinical or non-clinical programs or activities providing treatment and/or promoting health and healing that are responsive to identified community needs, not provided for marketing purposes. Community benefits meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Generate a low or negative margin
- Respond to needs of special populations, such as minorities, frail elderly, poor persons with disabilities, chronically mentally ill, and other disenfranchised persons.
- Supply services or programs that would likely be discontinued (or would need to be provided by another not-for-profit or government provider) if the decision were made on a purely financial basis.
- Involve education or research that improves overall community health.
Community Benefit Objectives:
- Address Community Need
- Improve Access to Health Services
- Enhance Population Health
- Advance Knowledge; and/or
- Demonstrate Charitable Purpose
OAHHS believes this effort will help hospitals tell their story to policymakers and others. In addition to demonstrating their community value, hospitals will be better able to demonstrate how health care is actually provided and funded in Oregon. At the same time, we recognize that any new reporting program brings with it implementation challenges. OAHHS is committed to providing the tools needed not only to collect and report hospitals' community benefit, but also to maximize their community benefit program.
Member Toolkit:
OAHHS has created the Community Benefit resources below to help Oregon hospitals in our efforts to get in front of the curve on community benefit reporting. If you would like more information about our statewide community benefit efforts or have questions about the CBISA web-based reporting tool, please contact one of othe OAHHS staff members above.
On March 23, 2011, the Association, in conjunction with the Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research (OHPR) provided an educational webcast training. Oregon’s new Community Benefit Reporting rules, revised CBR Reporting form and instructions were explained.
Below you will find links to the slide presentation, a recording of the webcast, and other reference documents.
- March 23, 2011| Oregon's Community Benefit Reporting Program Slide Presentation (PDF)
- March 23, 2011| Replay of Webcast
- March 23, 2011| CBR-1 Form and Instructions (Excel: Compatible with versions 2003 and higher)
- March 23, 2011| Glossary of Terms (PDF)
- October 15, 2010| Community Benefit Task Force Report (PDF)
Other Important Links:
- Oregon Health Policy and Research - our state office responsible for collection and reporting of Oregon hospital community benefit reports. Community Benefit is a selection under “hospital reporting.” This site links to rules and regulations and report form, as well as an explanation of the extension. This is a great public-private partnership.
- Association for Community Health Improvement - links to the national organization (division of the American Hospital Association [AHA]) Association for Community Health Improvement. This site offers education and resources to support the advancement of community health initiatives. Tools for conducting community health needs assessments and research and data are offered on this site.
- Community Benefit National Resources: Catholic Hospital Association
- CBISA Online: Lyon Software
Upcoming Webcasts and Workshops:
- Check back for updates on dates and location.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Linda Lang at llang@oahhs.org or 503-479-6014.
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