Overall, Montana’s nearly 50 nonprofit hospitals directed, on average, roughly 8% of their total annual expenses toward community benefits, such as covering the treatment costs of people who can’t afford care.
Montana s richest nonprofit hospitals receive millions of dollars in tax exemptions each year to operate as charities, but some fall short of other medical facilities in what they give back
Montana nonprofit hospitals face little to no oversight of their community benefit spending ― as is the case for much of the nation’s nonprofit health systems.
Montana nonprofit hospitals receive millions of dollars in tax exemptions as charities each year in exchange for giving back to their communities. A KHN review found that some of Montana’s richest medical centers are falling behind most state and national hospitals.
Montana nonprofit hospitals face little to no oversight of their community benefit spending ― as is the case for much of the nation’s nonprofit health systems.