HealthVoices: Nonprofit Hospital Community Benefits
Approximately 82 percent of Georgia’s hospitals are nonprofit entities, meaning these facilities have particular obligations to their communities due to forgone tax revenue. In exchange for those exemptions, federal law requires that communities receive from their hospitals certain programs and activities that promote health, healing and community wellness.
This issue of HealthVoices examines the potential impact of community benefits on Georgians, their hospitals and their communities.