Illinois hospital must prove community benefit or face consequences
Healthcare Auditing Weekly, July 17, 2007
Mokena, IL-based Provena Health, a Catholic hospital chain, is fighting to keep its state property tax exemption amidst claims it hasn't done enough to keep it, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Illinois' Department of Revenue Director Brian Hamer contends Provena Covenant Medical Center's 2002 charity care level, which he said represented less than 1% of its revenue, wasn't enough to merit its tax exemption. The Champaign, IL County Board of Review pulled the property tax exemption in 2003, arguing the facility had been too aggressive in collecting money from indigent patients.
However, so far in 2007, Provena Health says its community benefit efforts have had $61.7 million in total impact on the 750,000 people served by its six hospitals and affiliated facilities. That includes $17 million in free care, $38.9 million in "non-reimbursed" services to Medicaid patients and $5.7 million in community services, hospital officials say. Provena is hoping this latest report will show officials how it has complied with charity care rules, but so far, there's been no word from officials.
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