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Improving Community Health Through Hospital Community Benefit Spending: Charting a Path to Reform

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screen-shot-2016-12-02-at-11-06-24-amA new report from the George Washington University funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Kresge Foundation outlines strategy for the Trump administration to expand the role of tax-exempt hospitals in community health improvement

Acting under existing legislative authority and without new funding, the new Administration can give hospitals greater flexibility over tax-exempt spending while strengthening their role in building healthy communities.