Wikipedia -WSS

Wikipedia

author：Wikipedia 2025-09-29 16:45:13 - browse：471

Photograph of the emergency entrance of a hospital – medical policy coverage from STAT — A bipartisan group of senators wants federal tax regulators to probe nonprofit hospitals’ compliance with community benefit requirements. Sam Wasson/Getty Images

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators wants federal tax regulators to probe nonprofit hospitals’ compliance with community benefit requirements, ratcheting up a longtime campaign to hold the tax-exempt providers accountable.

Nonprofit hospitals are often subsidized by state or federal funding and exempt from many taxes. In exchange, they are required to aid their surrounding area through public health programs and providing free or discounted care to low-income patients. However, advocates have long argued that the tax code’s broad definition of community benefits has hospitals logging costs like physician training and research rather than direct community benefits like health screenings, free clinics, and care for the uninsured.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) late Monday sent letters to both the Internal Revenue Service commissioner and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration calling for an investigation into “overly broad” tax wording and oversight of roughly $28 billion in exemptions.

Unlock this article by subscribing to STAT+ and enjoy your first 30 days free!

GET STARTED Log In

Previous article： Activists slam private health insurers over coverage restrictions
Next article： Continuity nursing helped my family in our darkest PICU moments

WSS

In Spain, a hospital brews its own CAR

In age of alternative facts, a scholarly course on calling out crap

As demand for Covid shots wanes, Moderna seeks its next success

Violet CEO on training clinicians to promote more inclusive care

Grail spinoff by Illumina should end disastrous merger attempt

In age of alternative facts, a scholarly course on calling out crap

entertainment

Wikipedia

focus

Peter Hotez and the public health issue of online harassment

Anesthesiologist group: stop taking Ozempic before surgery

Affirmative action in medical school literally saved lives

Medical leaders decry Supreme Court decision on affirmative action

Heart attack and stroke risk calculators need revising

Novavax promises a turnaround & Lilly roils the obesity market

United colonoscopy coverage change 'may cost lives,' doctors say

Violet CEO on training clinicians to promote more inclusive care

Hepatitis C has a cure — but many Americans still lack access to it

Grail spinoff by Illumina should end disastrous merger attempt

leisure time

What does generative AI mean for health care? We asked experts

Duchenne breakthrough therapy leaves behind pioneering families

Peter Hotez and the public health issue of online harassment

Advocates call out 'SNL' over stereotypes, errors in sickle cell skit

Duchenne breakthrough therapy leaves behind pioneering families

Psychedelics group wrestles with new pharma identity

leisure time

focus

Wikipedia

focus