Melinda Hatton, AHA’s general counsel and secretary
Articles
Community Benefit, Financial Assistance, Tax-exempt Status, Setting the Record Straight
Article Misleads on Hospitals’ Charity Care Spending
Learn why it's reckless and wrong to allege that hospitals are deliberately squeezing their charity care spending to maintain financial viability.
Setting the Record Straight, Tax-exempt Status, 340B Drug Pricing Program, Community Benefit
Another Unfounded Attack on Hospitals From The Shadowy Arnold Ventures
A new opinion piece supported by Arnold Ventures and published in the New England Journal of Medicine is another unfair assault on the only sector in health care that routinely gives back so much more to their communities than they receive in tax relief.
Setting the Record Straight
Lown Institute Once Again Cherry-Picks Data to Fit their Preconceived Notions about Hospitals
America’s hospitals and health systems do far more than any other part of the health care field to advance health in their communities. The fact is that all hospitals and health systems — regardless of size, location, and type of ownership — are dedicated to not only caring for their patients, but for their entire communities in a wide variety of ways.