House Bill (HB) 19-1320, regarding Hospital Community Benefit Accountability, requires certain hospitals to convene a public meeting at least once a year to seek feedback regarding the hospital's community benefit activities and report back to the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (the Department) on community benefits, costs and shortfalls from the preceding year.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency, the Department has delayed the due date of the Hospital Community Benefit Accountability Report to Sept. 1, 2021. All reports should be submitted to hcpf_hospitalcommunity@state.co.us.
We have updated and posted the following documents to the Hospital Community Benefit Accountability webpage to assist you with the reporting for this program:
- Program Guidance
- Report Template
- Schedule H Crosswalk
Below is the modified timeline that reflects the delay of the report due date:
- Sept. 1, 2021 - Hospitals submit report of activities to the Department.
- Sept. 15, 2021 - Department sends request for clarification to Hospitals or notice of submission acceptance.
- Oct. 1, 2021 - Hospitals respond to Department request for clarification.
- Oct. 15, 2021 - Department sends final response to hospitals.
- Jan. 15, 2022 - Department submits a summary report to the General Assembly and the submitted reports are made available on the public web page.
The Department will hold a training webinar for the report template in the coming months. More details will be sent once a date has been confirmed.
Thank you,
Nancy Dolson
Special Financing Division Director
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