Two Saint Alphonsus Hospitals have received recognition as ‘Top Socially Responsible Hospitals’ by the Lown Institute, a nonprofit think tank that focuses on health care systems. The medical centers in Nampa, Idaho and Ontario, Oregon were both rated in the top 10 “Most Socially Responsible” hospitals in the United States according to a new ranking by the Lown Institute.
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Nonprofit hospitals in the U.S. are exempt from most taxes. To earn this status, they are supposed to engage in activities that benefit their communities, such as providing free care to uninsured people or programs to improve neighborhood health. For many, though, their real community contributions fall far short of the tax breaks they receive. More
How much are nonprofit hospitals giving back to communities? It depends on what you count, Lown Institute leaders explain in a new op-ed. More
The first year of COVID-19 was incredibly difficult for hospitals, as they dealt with an unknown virus, shortages of staff and equipment, financial difficulties and other challenges. To better understand how the pandemic affected hospitals, the Lown Institute analyzed the number of weeks from March 1, 2020, to Feb. 28, 2021, in which hospitals had at least 10 percent of inpatient beds filled with COVID-19 patients as reported in CDC data. More
St. Mary-Corwin Hospital has been named one of the most socially responsible medical centers in the nation for practicing equity while offering both value and results. Ranked No. 12 in the U.S. by the Lown Institute for its social responsibility, St. Mary-Corwin was graded on more than 50 metrics such as racial inclusivity of patients, employee pay equity and avoidance of unnecessary and potentially harmful procedures.
The Lown Institute, a non-partisan think tank, named the 66 “most socially responsible hospitals” in the country. The organization examined hospitals for their success in health equity, value and patient outcomes. Other metrics examined include racial inclusivity and avoiding overuse or unnecessary procedures and services. More
The Lown Institute just announced their most socially responsible hospitals for 2022. Which hospitals make the Top Ten, and which succeeded despite having a high COVID burden? Watch the launch event and discussion below, featuring Vikas Saini, Shannon Brownlee, and Boston Medical Center CEO Kate Walsh! More
Boston Medical Center was named the fourth-most socially responsible hospital in the United States, according to a new study, and was also named the hospital with the most burden from Covid-19 in Boston. More
MetroHealth ranked 15th on Lown’s list of 66 U.S. hospitals that all earned straight A scores in the rankings of measurements of patient outcomes, value of care and health equity. Out of more than 3,600 hospitals that were evaluated, only 66 U.S. hospitals, or about 2%, achieved “A”s in equity, care value and patient outcomes. “The rankings give hospitals, policymakers, health insurance companies and community leaders a new lens for examing the country’s health care system,” said Dr. Vikas Saini, president of the Lown Institute. More
Sixty-six U.S. hospitals received the highest marks for being socially responsible in an index from the Lown Institute that factors metrics such as patient outcomes, value of care and health equity, the nonpartisan think tank said Tuesday. The top-ranked providers, earning an A, were selected from more than 3,600 institutions. “We believe communities should have high expectations, and the most socially responsible institutions should be lifted up as models for the system,” Lown Institute President Vikas Saini said. More
Boston Medical Center was named the fourth-most socially responsible hospital in the United States, according to a new study, and was also named the hospital with the most burden from Covid-19 in Boston. More
Sixty-six U.S. hospitals earned the distinction of “most socially responsible” by the Lown Institute. To achieve this designation, hospitals earned “A” grades across measures of health equity, value, and outcomes. More
In 2019, the Cleveland Clinic along with other Northeast Ohio hospitals, received more in tax breaks than they spent on charity care or community investments, according to a recent report by the Lown Institute, a think tank that studies hospital systems. That year, the Cleveland Clinic had the fourth largest tax-break-to-community-benefit-spending deficit in the country, according to the report. It received $611 million more in tax breaks than it spent on charity care and community investment. “There's a lot of good that comes out of the hospitals,” Saini said. “But this is very much about trying to understand … what can we see that is directly beneficial to the community?" More
Join us June 28 for the launch of the full 2022 Lown Institute Hospitals Index to find out which hospitals achieved the highest rankings on social responsibility during the first year of Covid-19. More
A recent study finds that many months after hospitals were required to post their prices, only 6% of hospitals are adhering to all of the requirements. More
The nation’s hospitals performed more than 100,000 unnecessary and potentially harmful procedures on older patients between March and December 2020, according to a new analysis by the Lown Institute. More
How can we ensure that nonprofit hospitals are paying their fair share? What policy avenues or partnerships have worked in the past? More
An investigation into the FDA's "breakthrough" device designation shows that devices are being approved based on little evidence, with high potential for profit to device-makers. More
Two-thirds of hospitals in the U.S. are classified as non-profits, yet there is a huge disconnect between the billions of dollars of tax exemptions that many of these institutions receive and how much of those savings goes back into community investment and charity care, as a recent study from the Lown Institute found. More
How often did hospitals perform low-value services in the first year of COVID? Register now for our Hospital Overuse in COVID roundtable discussion May 17 to find out. More