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	Hospital Community Benefit Reporting
	5/15/08 OHPR: Hospital Financial and Community Benefit Reporting Update Reporting Guidelines Developed by Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems Lake Oswego, OR 503/636-2204 Your hospital’s community benefit activity is critical to the health of your patients and your community. Beginning this year, hospitals will begin collecting and demonstrating their community benefit activity through the state Community Benefit Reporting Program. 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.
	What Your Organization Can Do Now: Determine a point person and fit with organizational structure. Read "A Guide for Planning and Reporting Community Benefit". The State of Oregon Office of Health Policy and Research is using Guide in its administrative rules to define what qualifies as community benefit and to guide hospitals in determining what activities count . Educate your management team - send messages to your internal staff Click here to view sample messages. Conduct internal assessment, including such questions as: What community benefit are we currently offering? Where is community benefit data collected? Do our community benefit activities fall within the definitions of community benefit in the state’s community benefit reporting program? Do we have an established accounting protocol to measure community benefit based on cost? Implement a community benefits information system. OAHHS strongly recommends the CBISA community benefit reporting software. Quick Start Guide for Hospital Coordinator Quick Start Guide for Hospital Administrator Quick Start Guide CBISA Inventory CBISA Prompter Checklist (Excel) Create a central cost center to capture employee time and contributions. Review inventory with your department heads. Engage your Board of Trustees in the process. How to Further Develop Your Community Benefit Program: Conduct a Community Needs Assessment. This can take about six months to complete. Find Community Partners Share Costs Use existing community leaders and data sources: CDC, DHS, Public Health Engage Partners: local, city, county, regional, state and federal United Way Public Health Head Start Higher Education Oregon Food Bank Oregon Progress Boards State Department of Housing Gather research/data and conduct interviews Plan for external reporting Rename your hospital's annual report "Report to the Community Additional Resources: OAHHS Community Benefit Presentation - 4/21/08 Community Benefit Categories HFMA Resource "Patient Friendly Billing" 990 Hospital Coalition Website 990 Redesign - Schedule H The Community Impact of Critical Access Hospitals AHA Community Accountability and Transparency California Hospital Association Charity Care Checklist HFMA P & P15 Oregon CB Reporting Forms CBR 1 CBR 2 CBR 3 CBR 4 to obtain a free copy of Acrobat Reader click the image to the left.

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