{"id":2472012,"date":"2025-08-07T15:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-nonprofit-hospitals-get-tax-breaks-while-limiting-charity-care-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T15:14:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:14:26","slug":"indiana-nonprofit-hospitals-get-tax-breaks-while-limiting-charity-care-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-nonprofit-hospitals-get-tax-breaks-while-limiting-charity-care-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana nonprofit hospitals get tax breaks while limiting charity care &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findiana-nonprofit-hospitals-get-tax-breaks-while-limiting-charity-care-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2472012&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent report from the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, authored by Peter Pitts, highlights that many nonprofit hospitals in indiana are contributing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-just-climate-inflation-reduction-act-has-made-major-healthcare-changes-one-year-in\/\" title=\"Inflation Reduction Act brings significant healthcare changes after one year.\">rising healthcare costs<\/a> while failing to provide adequate charity care, despite receiving approximately $1.3 billion annually in tax breaks. Between 2020 and 2022, 66% of these hospitals spent less on community benefits than the value of their tax subsidies, resulting in a &#8220;fair share deficit&#8221; of $477 million among 42 hospitals in 2020. Indiana University Health, the state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wednesday-october-6th-2021\/\" title=\"Wednesday | October 6th, 2021\">largest hospital system<\/a>, recorded the fifth-largest deficit in the nation at $136 million, even as it reported $781 million in net income. Only 47% of community investment funds went toward charity care, while <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >hospital executives received multi-million-dollar salaries<\/a>. The report criticizes these hospitals for prioritizing profitable procedures for privately insured patients over serving Medicaid or uninsured populations and for resisting reforms and ignoring federal price openness rules. It calls for stronger regulations, including tying tax exemptions to charity care levels, enhancing financial transparency, capping executive pay, limiting lobbying, and requiring third-party audits to ensure compliance with nonprofit obligations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Indiana nonprofit hospitals get tax breaks while limiting charity care<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2199470\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; A new report says many of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/indiana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Indiana&rsquo;s<\/a> nonprofit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">hospitals<\/a> are driving up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/healthcare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">health care<\/a> costs while failing to provide sufficient charity care &ndash; despite receiving about $1.3 billion a year in tax subsidies.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mr.cdn.ignitecdn.com\/client_assets\/cmpiorg\/media\/attachments\/6891\/f261\/708d\/aa04\/cc25\/55e2\/6891f261708daa04cc2555e2.pdf?1754395233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>&nbsp;comes from Peter Pitts, a former FDA associate commissioner, and the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest. It found that 66% of Indiana&rsquo;s nonprofit hospitals spent less on community investment than the value of their tax breaks between 2020 and 2022.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3493442\/katie-miller-podcast-former-white-house-elon-musk-doge-aide-stephen-miller\/\">Katie Miller, former White House and Elon Musk aide, launches podcast for &#8216;honest conversations&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3493663\/lock-em-up-democrats-say-of-those-doubting-bidens-election\/\">&lsquo;Lock &lsquo;em up,&rsquo; Democrats say of those doubting Biden&rsquo;s election<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3493473\/prime-minister-narendra-modi-india-tariffs-trump\/\">Indian prime minister says he is ready to &#8216;pay a big price&#8217; to face tariffs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>That gap is known as a &ldquo;fair share deficit,&rdquo; according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, 42 Indiana hospitals had a combined fair share deficit of $477 million. The state&rsquo;s largest system, Indiana University Health, had the fifth-largest fair share deficit in the country, $136 million, despite posting $781 million in net income.<\/p>\n<p>The report says only 47% of community investment money went to actual charity care while top executives made millions. IU Health CEO Dennis Murphy made nearly $5 million in 2023. Other CEOs in the state made between $2.6 and $3 million.<\/p>\n<p>Pitts criticized the hospitals for not living up to their mission.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The high esteem in which Hoosiers hold &hellip; their healthcare institutions is being betrayed by many of Indiana&rsquo;s not-for-profit hospitals who are putting profit before patients,&rdquo; he told The Center Square via email. &ldquo;For example, only 11% of Indiana hospitals are in compliance with federal transparency regulations and Indiana University Health has the dubious honor of owning the fifth largest fair share deficit in the United States: $136,000,000 &ndash; enough to erase 66,518 individual medical debts in Indiana.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>IU Health did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3488141\/dr-oz-plan-for-the-50-billion-in-rural-hospital-funds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">EXCLUSIVE: DR. OZ&rsquo;S PLAN FOR THE $50 BILLION IN RURAL HOSPITAL FUNDS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The report also notes that Indiana hospitals tend to focus on high-reimbursement procedures for private insurance rather than serving Medicaid or uninsured patients. It also criticizes hospitals for lobbying against reforms and for failing to follow federal price transparency rules.<\/p>\n<p>The report calls for stronger oversight of nonprofit hospitals. It recommends setting clear standards for charity care, tying tax exemptions to how much help hospitals provide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">low-income patients<\/a>, and making financial reporting more transparent. It also suggests capping executive pay, limiting lobbying activity, and requiring regular third-party audits to ensure compliance with nonprofit rules.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2199470\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2199470\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana nonprofit hospitals get tax breaks but limit charity care<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2472013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nurse-istock-doctor-hospital-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[60840,37167,7006,60839,41446],"class_list":["post-2472012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-charity-care","tag-healthcare-policy","tag-indiana","tag-nonprofit-hospitals","tag-tax-breaks"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nurse-istock-doctor-hospital-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2472012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2472021,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472012\/revisions\/2472021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2472013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2472012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2472012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}