Charity care resource of financing.
how to appropriately utilize the charity care resource of financing.
- Review the resource within Topic 3: Principles and Practices Board Sample 501c(3) Hospital Charity Care and Financial Assistance Policy and Procedures see attached pdf. (HFMA, n.d.)
- Prepare an 8-10 slide PowerPoint presentation, with voiceover. Assume fictional information to develop your content. Address the following points in your presentation:
- Why ABC Hospital needs and uses charity care
- Patient demographics and percent of hospital patient population receiving charity care in the last fiscal year (fictional data).
- Define the issues that have contributed to poor management of the charity care provision.
- Propose a new way to move forward, providing effective care to patients, utilizing charity care properly. What is different about this approach, then what was happening previously?
- Using bullet points, clearly define a minimum of three benefits of your plan for moving forward. These benefits should be focused on the financial health of ABC hospital, while balancing the needs of your patient population. These points will be the cornerstone for future development of a policy on charity care.